BUCHAREST: Romania reported 16,760 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, more than double on the day and the biggest single-day rise since October,...
BUCHAREST: Romania reported 16,760 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, more than double on the day and the biggest single-day rise since October,...
SHANGHAI: China is urging people to wear masks and gloves when opening mail, especially from abroad, after authorities suggested the first case of...
Dubai: Facing a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant, Abu Dhabi is requiring people...
TOKYO: Japan's government is preparing social restrictions in Tokyo and other regions as the omicron variant of the coronavirus infects more people. Japan...
Jakarta: Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island,...
Kuwait’s cabinet ordered a review into plans to reduce emissions from government projects in a country that is one of the largest carbon...
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON: Tonga's small outlying islands have sustained major damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said on Tuesday, with...
Sydney: Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to...
KARACHI, Pakistan- Pakistani health authorities on Monday announced the completion of a successful clinical trial of Chinese traditional herbal medicine for treating COVID-19,...
TORONTO- Canada’s health regulator has approved a pill by Pfizer that treats the effects of COVID-19. Health Canada authorized Paxlovid for adult patients...
PARIS- The number of people with COVID-19 in French hospitals rose by 888 to 25,775, the health ministry said on Monday, the biggest...
WARSAW- Poland is experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, the health minister said on Monday, warning that the spread of the Omicron...
NEW DELHI- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that a collective global effort is needed to deal with the problems posed...
WASHINGTON- U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and is experiencing very minor symptoms while isolating and...
BERLIN- Two people were killed after an explosion and blaze on the forecourt of a petrol station in central Germany on Monday, police...
MEXICO CITY- Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador returned to his morning news conference Monday following a week of isolation for his second...
MANILA: The Philippines must bring down COVID-19 cases, hovering at record highs, by April to ensure this year's presidential election will not become...
BEIJING: Tickets for the Winter Olympics set to begin on Feb. 4 will be distributed to "targeted" groups of people and will not...
