SYDNEY: Australian authorities said Victoria state would extend a COVID-19 lockdown beyond Tuesday to slow the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant,...
SYDNEY: Australian authorities said Victoria state would extend a COVID-19 lockdown beyond Tuesday to slow the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant,...
MOSCOW: Several Russian bread producers have told retail chains they plan to raise prices by 7-12% from August due to higher production costs...
DUBAI: Saudi citizens will need two COVID-19 vaccine doses before they can travel outside the kingdom from Aug. 9, state news agency SPA...
Makkah: Saudi Arabia announced on Monday dawn that the Kaaba cloth (Kiswah) was replaced, in line with the annual custom on the day...
BLY, Oregon: Erratic winds and parched Oregon forests added to the dangers for firefighters on Monday as they battled the largest wildfire in...
SHANGHAI: Two dams in China's northwestern region of Inner Mongolia have collapsed after torrential rain, the water ministry said on Monday, highlighting the...
SEOUL: South Korea's military has recorded its biggest cluster of COVID-19 infections to date, with more than 80% of personnel aboard a destroyer...
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 'freedom day' ending over a year of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England was marred on Monday by surging...
TAIPEI: Taiwan's government on Monday approved the use and production of Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a major step in the...
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, abandoning heavily criticised...
Canada has fully vaccinated 48.8% of its population against Covid-19, overtaking the U.S. rate for the first time after a delayed start caused...
MOSCOW - Heavy smoke from raging wildfires covered the Russian city of Yakutsk and 50 other Siberian towns and settlements Sunday, temporarily halting...
Singapore reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in about 11 months as infections emerge from an outbreak stemming from karaoke lounges...
BRASILIA - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday left the Sao Paulo hospital where he had been for four days undergoing treatment for...
ADEN - Yemen expects to get a second batch of COVID-19 shots by the end of this month through the COVAX global vaccine-sharing...
ROME - Italy reported just three coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 13 the day before, the lowest toll since last August, however, the...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy stood by federal guidance that those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer needed to wear masks,...
FRANKFURT: German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised fast financial aid on Sunday after visiting one of the areas worst affected by record floods that...
