A luxury resort chain in the Maldives seeks a new "Barefoot Bookseller" to run its bookshops every year. Aislinn Shivakumar and Alice Spencer both got the gig and left London behind for it. The two ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus Rocked By Sexual Assault Claims Of Olympic Shooter
Cyprus has been shaken by a historical sexual assault scandal after Cypriot Olympic shooter Andri Eleftheriou gave the name of her alleged aggressor to police. Allegations of this nature are rare in ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: 51 employees infected in Bahrain firm
Fifty-one employees have contracted COVID-19 at a company in Bahrain for failing to apply measures against the highly infectious disease, the kingdom’s health authorities have said. An inspection ... ( read original story ...)
Pressure to Raise Spending Clear in Georgia Budget Talks
Georgia lawmakers are racing to revise the current year’s budget, aiming to produce a reworked spending plan as early as next week. ( read original story ...)
ONE Championship free fight: Shinya Aoki taps out James Nakashima in Singapore
Recap the action as Japanese legend Shinya Aoki defeated James Nakashima at “ONE Championship 126: Unbreakable” in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Unis Stopped COVID. Students Say the Real Epidemic Is Sex Abuse.
Our universities have shown they are willing to go all out to fight the virus. Why won’t they do the same with sexual harassment and abuse cases?” ... ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan Targets Cargo Growth With A330P2F Order
Wanting to take advantage of the country’s location, Turkmenistan Airlines has inked an agreement with European aircraft manufacturer Airbus for two Airbus A330 cargo aircraft. The widebodies will ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Lebanon’s health service close to collapse with case numbers beyond ‘wildest predictions’
Christmas openings of clubs and bars was the "catastrophic" decision which led to rocketing positive cases, says one expert. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: UK records 1,348 deaths; Israel begins vaccinating teenagers
Vitamin D levels under scrutiny amid Covid surge in Europe; New UK Covid variant may be 30% more deadly, says Johnson; Bulgaria to ease some coronavirus restrictions from 4 February ... ( read original story ...)
Why Israel’s Vaccine Success Might Be Hard to Replicate
And as the world shifts from focusing solely on containing the virus to rolling out vaccines as well, the key determinant of success is morphing from the credibility of the government to the ... ( read original story ...)