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Italy extends COVID curbs amid third wave risks 15 Jan 2021 - 05:59 pm

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday issued a new decree extending curbs to keep lid on COVID-19 infections after the health...

Travel ban over Brazilian variant precautionary, UK transport minister says 15 Jan 2021 - 05:33 pm

LONDON: A Brazilian variant of the coronavirus is significant enough to justify stopping flights from South America as a precaution, British transport minister...

Malaysian medical glove exports face more delays amid shipping container shortage 15 Jan 2021 - 04:46 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's medical glove makers face weeks of delays in delivering products to customers abroad due to a global shortage of shipping...

Biden chooses former FDA chief Kessler to help lead US vaccine drive 15 Jan 2021 - 04:06 pm

WILMINGTON, Del: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen David Kessler, the ex-head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to help lead the...

Indonesia finds casing of crashed Sriwijaya Air jet's cockpit recorder 15 Jan 2021 - 03:49 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian divers have found the casing of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java...

Pfizer temporarily reduces COVID vaccine deliveries to Europe 15 Jan 2021 - 03:39 pm

OSLO: Pfizer will temporarily reduce its deliveries to Europe of its vaccine against COVID-19 while it upgrades its production capacity, the company and...

China COVID-19 vaccinations gather momentum as outbreaks spread 15 Jan 2021 - 03:19 pm

BEIJING: A little-known Beijing museum of urban planning looks set to see more visitors after being converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site as...

Russia to reopen schools as COVID-19 case tally passes 3.5 million 15 Jan 2021 - 02:58 pm

MOSCOW: Russia will fully reopen schools across the country from next week and the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak may have passed...

India's protesting farmers, government to hold new round of talk 15 Jan 2021 - 12:31 pm

NEW DELHI - The Indian government will hold new talks with the leaders of tens of thousands of farmers camped on the outskirts...

Germany tops 2 million coronavirus cases 15 Jan 2021 - 12:23 pm

BERLIN - The number of coronavirus infections in Germany rose above 2 million, and the number of deaths reached almost 45,000, data from...

Philippines extends travel ban, steps up safeguards over COVID-19 variant 15 Jan 2021 - 12:21 pm

MANILA - The Philippines on Friday extended by two weeks a ban on travellers from more than 30 territories and countries where a...

Japan seeks mid-February Pfizer vaccine approval, minister says 15 Jan 2021 - 12:17 pm

Japan’s health minister said he’s hoping Pfizer Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine will be approved by mid-February under an accelerated process. The comments from Norihisa...

Indonesia quake kills at least 35, injures hundreds 15 Jan 2021 - 12:13 pm

JAKARTA - A powerful earthquake killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia's island of Sulawesi on Friday, trapping several under...

WHO-led team in China will start meetings online from quarantine 15 Jan 2021 - 11:56 am

WUHAN, China/SINGAPORE - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 are to begin virtual meetings with their Chinese hosts from...

Brazil's Amazonas state running out of oxygen as COVID-19 surges 15 Jan 2021 - 12:34 am

MANAUS, Brazil - The Brazilian state of Amazonas is running out of oxygen in the midst of a renewed surge in COVID-19 deaths,...

Biden names Lisa Monaco as temporary adviser for inauguration security 15 Jan 2021 - 12:32 am

WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has asked his nominee for deputy attorney general and former President Barack Obama's counter-terrorism adviser, Lisa Monaco,...

Biden plan to pump $1.9 trillion into pandemic-hit economy -report 15 Jan 2021 - 12:23 am

WILMINGTON, Del - President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a stimulus proposal on Thursday designed to jump-start the economy during the coronavirus pandemic and...

Airbnb CEO says travel never going back to the way it was before pandemic 14 Jan 2021 - 11:46 pm

Airbnb Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky on Thursday predicted travel would permanently change due to the pandemic with people seeking out thousands of...