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Protesters opposed to COVID measures clash with police in Paris 24 Jul 2021 - 06:47 pm

PARIS: French anti-riot police fired teargas on Saturday as clashes broke out during protests in central Paris against COVID-19 curbs and vaccination, local...

Afghanistan's government imposes night curfew in most parts of country 24 Jul 2021 - 06:47 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan's government has imposed a night-time curfew across almost all of the country's 34 provinces to stem surging violence unleashed by a...

Man in central China survives 3 days in flooded garage 24 Jul 2021 - 04:25 pm

ZHENGZHOU, China: A man in central China was rescued after spending three days trapped in a flooded underground garage following torrential rains, while...

Vietnam locks down capital Hanoi for 15 days as cases rise 24 Jul 2021 - 02:43 pm

HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam announced a 15-day lockdown in the capital Hanoi starting Saturday as a coronavirus surge spread from the southern Mekong Delta...

Russia reports nearly 24,000 new COVID cases, Moscow may have passed peak 24 Jul 2021 - 02:22 pm

Moscow: Russia on Saturday reported nearly 24,000 new COVID-19 cases and a repeat all-time high in the number of daily deaths, at 799,...

Astra mulls vaccine imports to Southeast Asia as Thai supply hit 24 Jul 2021 - 12:27 pm

AstraZeneca Plc is planning to import Covid-19 vaccines to Southeast Asia as its only manufacturing facility in the region struggles to ramp up...

Indonesia's Bali running out of oxygen as government ponders curbs 24 Jul 2021 - 11:48 am

JAKARTA: The Indonesian island of Bali is running out of oxygen for its COVID-19 patients as infections surge, the chief of its health...

Oregon firefighters face return of hazardous conditions, COVID-19 outbreak 24 Jul 2021 - 11:33 am

Strike teams making headway against a huge wildfire in Oregon faced a resurgence of dry, windy weather on Friday while an outbreak of...

Sydney to get more vaccines as COVID cases mount 24 Jul 2021 - 11:08 am

MELBOURNE: Sydney will get 50,000 more doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week to battle its worsening COVID outbreak, Canberra said on Saturday,...

Heavy rain in India triggers floods, landslides; at least 125 dead 24 Jul 2021 - 10:47 am

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Rescue teams in India struggled through thick sludge and debris on Saturday to reach dozens of submerged homes as the death...

Philippines evacuates thousands as monsoon rains flood cities, provinces 24 Jul 2021 - 10:42 am

MANILA: Philippine authorities moved thousands of residents of the capital, Manila, out of their low-lying communities on Saturday as heavy monsoon rain, compounded...

Croatia, Montenegro tighten virus rules in tourism season 23 Jul 2021 - 08:23 pm

ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatia and Montenegro have tightened rules against the new coronavirus along the Adriatic Sea coast amid a rise in infections...

Return to normal life after COVID may not occur until 2023 -French scientist 23 Jul 2021 - 08:17 pm

PARIS - A return to normal life following the COVID-19 virus outbreak may not occur until 2022 or even 2023, said professor Jean-Francois...

New Zealand halts travel bubble with Australia over Delta variant 23 Jul 2021 - 07:49 pm

ANKARA – New Zealand on Friday announced a temporary end to travel bubble with Australia over the spread of more severe Delta variant...

After the flood, Germany battles to clear mountains of trash 23 Jul 2021 - 07:00 pm

BAD NEUENAHR, Germany - Germany's most devastating floods in 60 years have created mountains of trash, from broken fridges to wrecked cars, piled...

Germany tightens rules for unvaccinated travellers from Spain, Netherlands 23 Jul 2021 - 05:54 pm

BERLIN - Germany is classifying Spain and the Netherlands as areas with a high incidence of coronavirus, which means that unvaccinated travellers returning...

As Americans navigate conflicting COVID-19 mask advice, 'everyone is confused' 23 Jul 2021 - 05:06 pm

PRINCETON, N.J./SANTA MONICA, Calif - A COVID-19 surge ignited in parts of the United States by the highly contagious Delta variant and vaccine...

Vaccinated people make up 75% of recent COVID-19 cases in Singapore, but few fall ill 23 Jul 2021 - 05:01 pm

SINGAPORE - Vaccinated individuals accounted for three-quarters of Singapore's COVID-19 infections in the last four weeks, but they were not falling seriously ill,...