STOCKHOLM: Sweden's response to the spread of coronavirus was too slow and preparations to handle a pandemic were insufficient, a commission investigating the...
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's response to the spread of coronavirus was too slow and preparations to handle a pandemic were insufficient, a commission investigating the...
SEOUL- South Korea said on Friday it will drop all operating-hour curbs on restaurants and cafes and implement its first vaccine passport for...
GENEVA- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has steered the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is on course to serve a second five-year term...
BEIJING - China will allow 408 scheduled international passenger flights to and from the country per week in the winter season ending in...
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) Europe on Friday called for schools to stay open – with appropriate measures in place –...
Reuters LONDON - Britain confirmed on Friday that a set of global voluntary company disclosure standards on climate-related risks will become mandatory for...
LONDON: The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England hit its highest level since the start of the year, reaching around 1 in 50...
MOSCOW - The Kremlin guard service wants Russians banned from riding bicycles, scooters and rollerskates on Red Square and a nearby park, a...
ARNHEM, Netherlands - A Dutch zoo says it has received a pre-Halloween treat in the form of a baby male square-lipped rhinoceros born...
WASHINGTON - American Airlines Chief Executive Doug Parker on Thursday sounded the alarm about disruptive and violent incidents onboard U.S. airplanes after a...
MIAMI - The state of Florida should consider requiring high-rise buildings near the coast to undergo safety inspections every 20 years, according to...
LONDON- Britain's Queen Elizabeth appeared to be in good spirits on Thursday as she carried out an online royal engagement, two days after...
GENEVA- The World Health Organization (WHO) and other aid groups on Thursday appealed to leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies to fund...
LONDON - Britain will remove next week the last seven countries on its coronavirus "red list", which currently requires newly arrived travellers from...
Beijing: A former vice mayor of a Chinese town on the border with Myanmar lamented local lockdowns and disruptions caused by repeated Covid-19...
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Thursday they expect to deliver 50 million more doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S....
Singapore: Singapore is looking into an "unusual surge" of 5,324 new infections of COVID-19, the city-state's health ministry said, its highest such figure...
BUDAPEST: Hungary's government will require employees at state institutions to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after a jump in new coronavirus cases, Prime Minister...
