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Manhattan office workers are coming back to their cubicles, but slowly

By Juliette Michel NEW YORK—There is still a ways to go, but Robert Byrnes has been heartened by signs that more New Yorkers are getting...

Operation targets cross-border smuggling to ChinaL HK seizes record $154m luxury goods

Hong Kong customs announced a record seizure on Friday of luxury goods that were headed to mainland China on a river barge in the...

Mecca Grand Mosque ends COVID social distancing

MECCA—The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the...

Rotary QC member among six recognized worldwide for empowering girls

Around the world, 129 million girls are out of school and estimates show, due to the coronavirus pandemic, an additional 20 million girls may...

India ready to reopen for tourists from October 15

New Delhi, India—India will re-open for tourists from October 15 after being closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the...

LPGA removes Japan event for second year over pandemic

The US LPGA have removed an event next month in Japan from their schedule for a second year because of coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the...

Enough time

We call on first-time registrants for the May 2022 national and local elections as well as those whose status have either been deactivated or...

Supply crunches to limit recovery, says ECB head

FRANKFURT, Germany—Acute bottlenecks in supply are driving inflation and holding back the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the heads of several major central banks...

No time to wait: world premiere for new Bond movie

Celebrities and royals walk the red carpet in central London on Tuesday for the much-delayed world premiere of the latest James Bond film, "No...

Met Opera reopens with landmark first show by Black composer

After an 18-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and protracted labor disputes with its musicians and crew, the Metropolitan Opera reopens Monday with...

Germany’s Social Democrats win election amid uncertainty

Frankfurt—Germany braced for a period of political unpredictability Monday after the Social Democrats narrowly won a general election but faced a rival claim to...

Asian markets slip again as US data fails to temper recovery worries

Asian markets sank again Wednesday, tracking another sell-off on Wall Street, as figures indicating US consumer inflation slowed last month were unable to overcome...

As pandemic roils economy, more US workers call it a day

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Antonio Fernandez, 64, had envisioned staying in his job at Chevron in Houston for perhaps another five years.  "I probably...

Fintech and fighter jets: one year on, UAE-Israel ties bear fruit

A year has passed since Israel and the United Arab Emirates normalised ties in a US-brokered agreement, leading to a raft of deals ranging...
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