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Russian 'miracle' as passengers survive hard plane landing in Siberia 16 Jul 2021 - 06:16 pm

MOSCOW: All 18 people on board a Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane that vanished from radars were found alive on Friday after the...

S.Korea weighs tighter restrictions as COVID-19 cases surge 16 Jul 2021 - 06:07 pm

SEOUL: South Korea's prime minister on Friday said tighter limits on private gatherings may be needed as authorities reported 1,536 new coronavirus cases...

African countries to receive first U.S. donated COVID-19 vaccines in days - Gavi 16 Jul 2021 - 05:59 pm

GENEVA: Nearly 50 African countries are to receive 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United States, with the first shipments to...

Croatian tourism sector urges better implementation of anti-COVID measures 16 Jul 2021 - 05:19 pm

ZAGREB: Croatia's tourist industry called on Friday for better implementation of measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 amid concerns about a...

COVID-19 crisis could return quickly as infections surge, UK adviser warns 16 Jul 2021 - 05:13 pm

LONDON: England's coronavirus crisis could return again surprisingly quickly and the country is not yet out of the woods, the British government's chief...

Africa needs fairness and vaccines to revive its tourism sector - minister 16 Jul 2021 - 05:06 pm

NAIROBI: African countries need to get equal access to COVID-19 vaccines so they can start rebuilding their devastated tourism industries, Kenya's tourism minister...

Malaysia to allow commercial sale of COVID-19 vaccines 16 Jul 2021 - 04:51 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will soon allow the commercial sale of COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Chinese firms Sinopharm and Sinovac, the science minister said...

S.Korean youth fight 'click war' in hunt for COVID-19 vaccines 16 Jul 2021 - 04:45 pm

SEOUL: South Korean graduate student Kim Hyun-jin sits with her thumbs flailing away at the screen of her phone, hoping to land a...

Hundreds flee as flood waters breach Dutch defences 16 Jul 2021 - 04:41 pm

MEERSSEN, The Netherlands: Hundreds of people fled their homes in and around the southern Dutch town of Meerssen after floods broke through a...

Australian leaders under pressure to contain COVID-19 outbreak 16 Jul 2021 - 01:47 pm

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and state premiers were under increasing public pressure on Friday to get on top of a...

Eiffel Tower reopens; COVID passes required as of next week 16 Jul 2021 - 01:39 pm

PARIS - The Eiffel Tower is reopening Friday for the first time in nine months even though the French government introduced new virus...

Further flooding feared in western Europe with death toll over 100 16 Jul 2021 - 01:21 pm

SCHULD/ERFTSTADT, Germany - More than 1,000 people were missing and more houses were destroyed in flood-stricken regions in western Germany and Belgium on...

CDC defends US transit mask mandate as some call for scrapping 16 Jul 2021 - 01:15 pm

WASHINGTON - A senior U.S. health official who signed a sweeping order for masks to be worn on nearly all forms of public...

Philippines tightens curbs after detecting first local cases of Delta variant 16 Jul 2021 - 12:58 pm

MANILA - The Philippines has recorded the country's first locally acquired cases of the more infectious Delta variant, prompting authorities to reimpose stricter...

India orders 660 mln vaccine doses amidst warnings over shortages - media 16 Jul 2021 - 12:55 pm

The Indian government has ordered 660 million vaccine doses for August-December, its largest procurement, local news reports said on Friday, as state authorities...