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WHO says it may be 'last chance' to find COVID origins 13 Oct 2021 - 07:16 pm

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be "our last chance"...

Israeli minister meets Sudanese minister in Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2021 - 04:06 pm

An Israeli minister tweeted a photograph of a rare public meeting with a Sudanese official on Wednesday. Esawi Frej, Israel’s minister for regional...

'Virtually painless' needle-free injections developed in Netherlands 13 Oct 2021 - 03:29 pm

AMSTERDAM: Researchers in the Netherlands are developing laser technology to enable "virtually painless" injections without needles in what they call a breakthrough that...

Putin says Russia ready to discuss additional action on gas market 13 Oct 2021 - 02:36 pm

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday electric power shortages were behind the gas price rise in Europe, and that Moscow was...

Volkswagen CEO warns shift to electric vehicles could cost 30,000 jobs: Sources 13 Oct 2021 - 02:22 pm

Berlin: Volkswagen's CEO Herbert Diess told a supervisory board meeting in September that the company could lose 30,000 jobs if it transitioned too...

Philippines eases capital’s curbs, allows quarantine-free entry 13 Oct 2021 - 01:26 pm

The Philippines is easing virus restrictions, allowing more businesses in the capital to reopen from Oct. 16 and loosening quarantine rules for vaccinated...

Christmas isn't cancelled despite choked port, Britain says 13 Oct 2021 - 12:27 pm

London: Britain said on Wednesday that people should buy normally for Christmas and there would be no shortage of gifts after shipping containers...

COVID-19 curbs in Sydney could ease early amid surge in vaccinations 13 Oct 2021 - 10:56 am

SYDNEY: New South Wales could ease more restrictions in Sydney a week earlier than planned on Oct. 18 as Australia's most populous state...

Philippines tells tech giants to halt sales of 'text blast' kit after election plug 13 Oct 2021 - 10:37 am

MANILA: The Philippines has ordered tech giants Facebook, Alibaba Lazada and Sea's Shopee to stop allowing sales of cellular equipment used for emergency...

Panama approves Pfizer COVID-19 booster for high-risk people 13 Oct 2021 - 09:26 am

PANAMA CITY: Panama has approved a booster dose of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for high-risk people, including healthcare workers, bedridden patients, nursing home...

South Korea launches panel to debate 'living with COVID-19' 13 Oct 2021 - 09:22 am

SEOUL: South Korea established a panel on Wednesday to debate a strategy on how to "live with COVID-19" in the long-term, as the...

Climate change: England must 'adapt or die,' agency warns 13 Oct 2021 - 09:19 am

London: England will be hit hard by floods like those that devastated Germany this summer if the country does not improve its defense...

Data suggests mRNA booster dose generates stronger antibody response after J&J shot - Axios 13 Oct 2021 - 09:15 am

People who received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine will have a stronger neutralizing antibody response if they get an mRNA shot as the...

EU to unveil measures to ease British goods flow to N. Ireland 13 Oct 2021 - 08:05 am

Brussels: The European Commission will on Wednesday put to Britain a package of measures to ease the transit of goods to Northern Ireland,...

Russia to test COVID-19 vaccine in form of nasal spray 12 Oct 2021 - 10:04 pm

MOSCOW - Russia will test a nasal spray form of its Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 among adult volunteers, according to a state...

New York must allow religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules 12 Oct 2021 - 09:53 pm

A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that New York state cannot impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on healthcare workers without allowing for religious...

Queues for hours at Singapore Air as travel routes open up 12 Oct 2021 - 09:43 pm

Dozens of people queued outside Singapore Airlines’ customer-service center on the fourth floor of a luxury shopping mall on Orchard Road in downtown...