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Taiwan tightens curbs after surge in domestic COVID-19 cases 15 May 2021 - 10:52 am

Taipei: Taiwan raised its coronavirus alert level on Saturday in the capital, Taipei, and the city around it, bringing curbs for a period...

Herd community? Elephants show us how to coexist 15 May 2021 - 09:48 am

London: A herd of life-size model elephants will be paraded through central London on Saturday to trumpet the idea that humans and wild...

Death toll rises as violence rocks Gaza and West Bank 15 May 2021 - 09:34 am

Gaza: Israeli planes renewed airstrikes in Gaza early on Saturday as US and Arab diplomats sought an end to the violence. Palestinian medics...

Martyrs from Israeli attacks in Gaza rise to 126 15 May 2021 - 08:34 am

Doha: A Palestinian mother and her three children were among the ten latest victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip,...

Germany classifies UK a coronavirus risk area 14 May 2021 - 09:27 pm

BERLIN: Germany on Friday classified Britain as a coronavirus risk area due to the emergence there of a highly infectious variant first detected...

Occupation forces kill Palestinian driver near Ramallah 14 May 2021 - 08:23 pm

Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that a person was shot dead by the Israeli occupation army, near the town of Silwad...

Mainland China reports first local COVID-19 cases in more than 3 weeks 14 May 2021 - 07:00 pm

SHANGHAI: Mainland China reported 12 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including its first local transmissions in more than three weeks, national and regional...

U.S. officials hope new mask advice drives uptick in COVID shots 14 May 2021 - 06:12 pm

WASHINGTON: With new federal guidance allowing people to ditch their masks in most places, it will be up to individuals to decide how...

Slovakia ends coronavirus state of emergency 14 May 2021 - 05:46 pm

PRAGUE: Slovakia on Friday lifted a state of emergency in force since October to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, but Prime Minister Eduard Heger...

India's Dr. Reddy's to get 36 mln doses of Sputnik V vaccine in next few months 14 May 2021 - 05:00 pm

BENGALURU: Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd said on Friday it expects to get 36 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in...

Netherlands lifts restrictions to visit Spanish islands 14 May 2021 - 04:46 pm

MADRID: Dutch tourists who visit Spain's Balearic and Canary Islands will no longer have to take a coronavirus test on their way home,...

Germany's COVID-19 case rate falls below key threshold 14 May 2021 - 03:46 pm

BERLIN: Germany's seven-day rate of COVID-19 cases fell below a key threshold for the first time in nearly two months on Friday, paving...

Japan widens virus emergency to three more prefectures 14 May 2021 - 02:22 pm

TOKYO: Japan is declaring a state of emergency in three more prefectures hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Friday, in...

Vietnam seeks 31 mln doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 2021 14 May 2021 - 02:05 pm

HANOI: Vietnam is seeking 31 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech in 2021, its health ministry said...

Portugal leaves UK tourists on tenterhooks over travel 14 May 2021 - 01:58 pm

LISBON - British holidaymakers are on tenterhooks as Portuguese authorities have yet to decide whether the country will allow them to visit from...

Martyrs in Gaza from Israeli attacks rise to 119 14 May 2021 - 01:22 pm

Gaza - A Palestinian mother and her three children were among the ten latest victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza...

COVID-19 lab leak theory cannot be ruled out, leading scientists say 14 May 2021 - 01:10 pm

LONDON - The origin of the novel coronavirus is still unclear and the theory that it was caused by a laboratory leak needs...

Singapore tightens COVID-19 measures, travel bubble unlikely 14 May 2021 - 01:06 pm

SINGAPORE - Singapore further tightened its COVID-19 measures as it sought to control an increase in untraceable coronavirus infections in the city-state. From...