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Indonesia reports record COVID-19 cases, orders oxygen supplies 13 Jul 2021 - 02:44 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia reported on Tuesday a record increase of coronavirus infections, as authorities unveiled plans to order liquid oxygen and tens of thousands...

France rushes to get vaccinated after president's warning 13 Jul 2021 - 01:54 pm

PARIS: More than 1 million people in France made vaccine appointments in less than a day, figures showed on Tuesday, after the president...

Thailand approves self-tests, self-isolation as COVID-19 cases climb 13 Jul 2021 - 01:28 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand has given the go-ahead for home isolation of coronavirus patients with mild symptoms and use of home self-test kits, as a...

India PM Modi warns against overcrowding at tourist spots 13 Jul 2021 - 01:27 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Tuesday against overcrowding at tourist sites and called for faster vaccinations against the coronavirus even as official...

Heavy rain floods Zurich streets, causes travel chaos 13 Jul 2021 - 12:40 pm

ZURICH: Switzerland suffered one of its heaviest rainfalls on record during a thunderstorm that caused flooding and travel chaos on Tuesday in its...

Sydney's COVID-19 cases ease but lockdown extension still looms 13 Jul 2021 - 12:23 pm

SYDNEY: Australian authorities reported a slight slowdown in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney on Tuesday, but may still extend a lockdown in the...

Germany wary on re-opening as England prepares to lift COVID curbs 13 Jul 2021 - 12:07 pm

BERLIN: German officials said on Tuesday coronavirus measures should be maintained until more of the population has been vaccinated, and one called England's...

Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states 13 Jul 2021 - 11:56 am

LOS ANGELES: Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in...

In South African COVID-19 ward, medics battle worst infection wave yet 13 Jul 2021 - 11:40 am

JOHANNESBURG: At an emergency COVID-19 ward run by a charity in southern Johannesburg, medics wheel gasping patients to their beds, rush from room...

S.Korea COVID-19 vaccine rollout grinds to halt as new cases spike 13 Jul 2021 - 11:29 am

SEOUL: South Korea's rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations to people aged 55-59 has stuttered to a week-long halt after a spike in new cases...

At least 2 dead after heavy rains swamp hilly northern Indian state 13 Jul 2021 - 11:15 am

NEW DELHI: At least two people were dead and 10 missing after heavy rains in a hilly northern Indian state triggered landslides and...

Australia to give 1.5 mln doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam 13 Jul 2021 - 11:11 am

HANOI: Australia will donate 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam soon, the Southeast Asian country said in a statement...

Malaysia shuts vaccination centre after 200 workers infected 13 Jul 2021 - 10:39 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A COVID-19 vaccination centre in Malaysia was ordered to close for sanitisation on Tuesday after more than 200 volunteers and workers...

At least 39 killed, 20 injured in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq - police, medics 13 Jul 2021 - 12:18 am

NASSIRIYA, Iraq - At least 39 people were killed and over 20 injured in a fire at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq's southern...

Brutal heat wave persists in US West as Oregon wildfire rages 13 Jul 2021 - 12:03 am

PORTLAND, Ore - The U.S. West endured a fourth day of scorching heat on Monday as temperatures again threatened to shatter records, major...

US to announce new warning on J&J coronavirus vaccine for autoimmune disorder -Washington Post 12 Jul 2021 - 11:02 pm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce a new warning on Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine related to a rare...

Spain's coronavirus infections keep rising, regions impose restrictions 12 Jul 2021 - 09:19 pm

MADRID - Spain's two-week COVID-19 contagion rate kept rising on Monday, reaching 368 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, officials said, more than tripling in...