WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump will not attend the inauguration of his successor, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, later this month, he said in...
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump will not attend the inauguration of his successor, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, later this month, he said in...
STOCKHOLM: Sweden tightened social distancing rules for shopping centres, gyms and private gatherings on Friday and said it was ready to close businesses...
JOHANNESBURG: Being tall is the giraffe's competitive advantage, giving it the pick of leaves from the tallest trees, so scientists were stunned to...
BERLIN: The German government signed two preliminary deals with German biotech firms BioNTech and CureVac in the summer to secure 50 million doses...
LONDON: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a major incident in the British capital on Friday, saying hospitals in the city were at...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will announce new measures next week to curb a surge in coronavirus cases, a senior minister...
LONDON: Britain's medical regulator on Friday approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said, adding that it had agreed to purchase...
BRUSSELS: The European Union reached a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for 300 million additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, the head of...
UK health regulators may grant emergency use authorization to Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Friday, making it the third vaccine to...
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hailed a breakthrough between Gulf Arab states and Qatar earlier this week, saying the move to...
COPENHAGEN: Denmark is developing a digital "vaccine passport" for people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, a move that may enable them to...
SEOUL - South Korean researchers say they have designed an inflatable "negative pressure" ward for isolating and treating patients with infectious diseases like...
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE/CHICAGO - Boeing Co will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of...
SHANGHAI/BEIJING - Chinese authorities shut down some entry and exit ramps of a highway connecting Beijing and Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital of Hebei...
U.S. Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick has died of injuries suffered during a riot led by supporters of President Donald Trump, the force...
CANBERRA/SYDNEY - Travellers to Australia will have to show a negative COVID-19 test before they can get on their plane, the prime minister...
SINGAPORE - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received his first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, and urged others to take...
All passengers arriving in the U.K. will be required to prove they do not have coronavirus, showing a negative test result taken within...
