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UK to open up COVID vaccine booking service to those aged 12-15 19 Oct 2021 - 02:59 pm

LONDON: British health minister Sajid Javid said on Tuesday that the national COVID-19 vaccine booking service would be opened up to those aged...

Children fuel English Covid case rise after slow vaccine start 19 Oct 2021 - 02:57 pm

London: The spread of COVID-19 among children in England is fuelling a recent rise in cases nationally and causing concern among some scientists...

Russian region runs out of hospital beds as COVID-19 deaths hit record 19 Oct 2021 - 02:53 pm

MOSCOW: A Russian region near Moscow has run out of hospital beds for coronavirus patients, its governor said on Tuesday, as the country's...

J&J raises 2021 profit view, keeps vaccine sales outlook unchanged 19 Oct 2021 - 02:38 pm

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday raised its annual adjusted profit forecast, but stuck to its COVID-19 vaccine sales target of $2.5 billion as...

New Zealand hits virus high, pushes vaccination as way out 19 Oct 2021 - 11:06 am

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand counted its most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic Tuesday as an outbreak in its largest city grew...

Quake off Greece's Karpathos shakes eastern Mediterranean 19 Oct 2021 - 10:39 am

Cairo/Athens: An earthquake struck off the Greek island of Karpathos early on Tuesday, shaking towns and cities across the eastern Mediterranean, witnesses and...

Deaths in Norway attack came from stab wounds, not bow and arrow, police say 19 Oct 2021 - 10:33 am

OSLO: Five people killed in a small Norwegian town last week were all stabbed to death and not shot with a bow and...

UK competition watchdog puts music streaming in its sights 19 Oct 2021 - 10:04 am

London: Britain's competition regulator said on Tuesday it planned to launch an investigation into music streaming to see whether the role played by...

UK's aviation regulator caps Heathrow plan to charge higher fees 19 Oct 2021 - 10:02 am

LONDON: Britain's aviation regulator said that Heathrow, the country's busiest airport, would not be permitted to increase passenger charges as much as it...

WHO-led programme aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills for $10: Document 19 Oct 2021 - 09:17 am

Brussels: A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral...

Northern Chinese city in soft lockdown amid latest Covid-19 outbreak 19 Oct 2021 - 07:48 am

Beijing: China reported nine new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases for Oct. 18, the highest daily tally since the end of September, with a...

Brisbane 2032 Games spend likely to exceed A$5bn - Minister 19 Oct 2021 - 07:35 am

Sydney: The cost of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics is likely to exceed the A$5 billion ($3.72 billion) estimate in the pitch document but...

Trump sues US House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack -court document 19 Oct 2021 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on...

US schools begin to lift mask mandates as Covid transmission falls 18 Oct 2021 - 11:43 pm

Some U.S. schools are starting to lift mask mandates as the latest Covid-19 wave fades, and case trends suggest others may soon follow....

Latvia announces four weeks of lockdown as COVID-19 cases spike 18 Oct 2021 - 11:35 pm

RIGA - Latvia announced a COVID-19 lockdown from Oct. 21 until Nov. 15 to try to slow a spike in infections in one...

Germany's pandemic state of emergency to end Nov. 25 - Bild 18 Oct 2021 - 10:16 pm

BERLIN - German Health Minister Jens Spahn said special regulations relating to the coronavirus pandemic could end on November 25, though many indoor...