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Lockdowns, record COVID-19 deaths hit Russia, Eastern Europe as region spurns vaccines 20 Oct 2021 - 07:49 pm

PLOIESTI, Romania/MOSCOW - Russia will shut workplaces for a week, Latvia went back into lockdown for a month and Romanian funeral homes are...

Brazil senators drop call for COVID-19 homicide charge against Bolsonaro 20 Oct 2021 - 07:26 pm

BRASILIA - Brazilian senators investigating the handling of the country's COVID-19 outbreak have dropped a recommendation from their draft report that President Jair...

White House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11 20 Oct 2021 - 04:32 pm

WASHINGTON: Children age 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially...

New York City to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all public employees 20 Oct 2021 - 03:33 pm

New York City employees will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of next week or will be placed on...

Senegal logs zero new COVID-19 cases for first time since pandemic began 20 Oct 2021 - 03:16 pm

DAKAR: Senegal recorded zero new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday for the first time since the pandemic began, the health ministry said. The West...

Kenya lifts COVID-19 curfew as infection rates ease, president says 20 Oct 2021 - 02:41 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya lifted a nationwide curfew on Wednesday that has been in place since March 2020 to curb the spread of the coronavirus,...

Serbia introduces COVID-19 passes for indoor cafes and restaurants 20 Oct 2021 - 02:38 pm

BELGRADE: Serbia will make a COVID-19 "health pass" mandatory for access to restaurants, cafes, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday, as the...

Queen Elizabeth told to rest by doctors, cancels visit - Palace 20 Oct 2021 - 01:23 pm

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth has accepted medical advice to rest for the next few days and has cancelled a planned visit to Northern...

Melbourne welcomes vaccinated Sydney residents without quarantine 20 Oct 2021 - 01:17 pm

SYDNEY: Travel restrictions between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's largest cities, eased on Wednesday as Victoria opened its borders to fully vaccinated residents from...

Australian passenger train derails after hitting abandoned vehicle 20 Oct 2021 - 01:10 pm

SYDNEY: An early morning commuter train partly derailed after hitting a van abandoned on tracks near Sydney on Wednesday, trapping the driver and...

Malaysia’s Covid-19 app reports ‘malicious script’ misuse 20 Oct 2021 - 12:56 pm

Malaysia’s Covid-19 tracking application has been misused by "malicious scripts” to send unsolicited one-time passwords to random phone numbers. The team running the...

Kuwait Amir instructs authorities' heads to propose amnesty regulations 20 Oct 2021 - 12:51 pm

Kuwait: Minister of Kuwait's Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah announced Wednesday that HH the Amir of the State of Kuwait...

Russia's daily coronavirus deaths mount to another high 20 Oct 2021 - 12:39 pm

MOSCOW: Russia's coronavirus deaths surged to another daily record Wednesday as soaring infections prompted the Cabinet to suggest declaring a nonworking week to...

Indian barber siblings turn heads into canvasses by giving unusual haircuts 20 Oct 2021 - 11:50 am

DABWALI, India: In a small salon in a nondescript town in northern India, a haircut is not just a trim or a crew...

46 dead after heavy rains, landslides in northern India 20 Oct 2021 - 11:38 am

LUCKNOW, India: At least 46 people have died and several are missing after floods triggered by heavy rains hit the northern Indian state...

Philippines to review thousands more 'drug war' killings, says justice minister 20 Oct 2021 - 11:23 am

MANILA: The Philippines justice ministry will review thousands of killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, its chief said, after releasing details...

US Senate panel to hold new hearing on social media impact on young users 20 Oct 2021 - 10:39 am

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate will hold an Oct. 26 hearing with tech firms Snap's Snapchat, TikTok, and Alphabet's YouTube about their platforms' impact...

Singapore welcomes more travellers under quarantine-free programme 20 Oct 2021 - 10:25 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore welcomed on Wednesday the first travellers under an expanded quarantine-free programme, marking a big step towards the aviation hub restoring its...