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Three new Ebola cases confirmed in Congo, two in Guinea 01 Mar 2021 - 09:05 pm

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing to 11...

New WTO chief calls for tripling of vaccine production 01 Mar 2021 - 08:46 pm

GENEVA - The new chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) urged its member states on Monday to work with pharmaceutical companies to...

Fraudsters offer 1 billion COVID-19 doses across EU, agency warns 01 Mar 2021 - 08:10 pm

BRUSSELS - Dubious intermediaries have offered governments across the European Union a total of about 1 billion non-existent COVID-19 vaccine doses worth about...

Mumbai power outage could have been cyber sabotage, says minister 01 Mar 2021 - 07:45 pm

MUMBAI - A power failure that crippled India's financial capital of Mumbai in western Maharashtra state last year could have been a case...

Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigns 01 Mar 2021 - 07:36 pm

HARARE - Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday saying this was meant to save the image of the government following local...

Oman orders partial commercial shutdown from March 4-20: State TV 01 Mar 2021 - 04:18 pm

DUBAI: All commercial activities in Oman will close from 8 pm to 5 am local time in the period from March 4 to...

Third U.S. COVID-19 vaccine by J&J available in 1-2 days, CEO says 01 Mar 2021 - 04:08 pm

WASHINGTON: Americans should be able to receive Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine within the next 24 to 48 hours, its chief executive said...

UK's Prince Philip, 99, moves hospital for heart tests 01 Mar 2021 - 03:59 pm

LONDON: Britain's Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, was transferred to a different hospital in central London on Monday to have...

Mask, gloves, cake: Hungarians bake to keep ambulance staff going 01 Mar 2021 - 03:57 pm

Szentendre, Hungary: Hungarians are baking for ambulance workers across the country coping with a new surge in COVID-19 infections after the founder of...

French court finds former President Sarkozy guilty of corruption 01 Mar 2021 - 03:50 pm

PARIS:Judges found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling on Monday and sentenced him to three...

Ukraine throws away unused COVID-19 shots as doctors skip their own vaccinations 01 Mar 2021 - 03:42 pm

Kyiv: Ukrainian medical facilities have thrown away some unused COVID-19 vaccines after doctors failed to show up for their own appointments to be...

McKesson begins distribution of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine 01 Mar 2021 - 03:22 pm

U.S. drug distributor McKesson Corp said on Monday it had begun distribution of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine became the third...

UN: Arbitrary detentions in Syria conflict may be war crimes 01 Mar 2021 - 03:22 pm

GENEVA: Tens of thousands of civilians in Syria were "arbitrarily detained" in enforced disappearances during the country's 10-year conflict, a U.N. commission said...

Montreal's Olympic Stadium opens to vaccinating elderly as Canada plays catch-up 01 Mar 2021 - 02:45 pm

MONTREAL: As COVID-19 vaccinations ramp-up in Canada, one of the country's largest stadiums is preparing to receive thousands of elderly, while provinces enlist...

'Please get in touch': UK searches for mystery spreader of Brazil variant 01 Mar 2021 - 02:43 pm

London: Britain on Monday appealed for a mystery individual infected with a highly transmissible Brazilian variant of the novel coronavirus to come forward,...

Police enter Barcelona's stadium in search operation 01 Mar 2021 - 02:25 pm

BARCELONA, Spain: Spanish police entered Barcelona's stadium and detained some people on Monday in a search and seize operation related to an investigation...