BERLIN -Germany's lower house on Thursday suspended constitutional limits on new borrowing for another year and approved a supplementary budget to fund investments...
BERLIN -Germany's lower house on Thursday suspended constitutional limits on new borrowing for another year and approved a supplementary budget to fund investments...
STOCKHOLM- Sweden has decided against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11, the Health Agency said on Thursday, arguing that the benefits did...
LONDON- COVID-19 boosters increase protection against death from the Omicron variant to 95% in people aged 50 or over, the UK Health Security...
BRUSSELS: Booster shots could reduce future hospitalisations in Europe by at least half a million, the European Union's public health agency said on...
Malaysia’s new coronavirus cases rose to the highest level in more than a month as the highly contagious omicron variant starts to spread...
Hong Kong: Hong Kongwill cut quarantine for arriving travellers to 14 days from 21, starting from Feb. 5, leader Carrie Lam said on...
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Thursday recommended supermarkets start charging for disposable carrier bags, a move aimed at slashing carbon emissions in a tiny nation...
Moderna Inc. enrolled the first participant in a clinical trial of its omicron-specific vaccine booster, another step toward fighting the highly transmissible variant...
Amman: An official military source in the Jordanian army announced that 27 smugglers were killed and others were injured while trying to cross...
London: After an uncomfortable but relatively brief return to coronavirus restrictions triggered by the Omicron variant, England is going back to "Plan A"...
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea’s top infectious disease expert defended the move to expand the use of rapid testing despite accuracy concerns, as...
BERLIN: German prosecutors said Thursday they have charged a Russian man who worked at a German university with espionage for allegedly passing information...
Denmark will end virus restrictions next week and reclassify Covid-19 as a disease that no longer poses a threat to society, even as...
BEIJING: Beijing has limited the movement of people in more parts of the Chinese capital, even as it reported fewer COVID-19 cases on...
Washington/Moscow: The United States said on Wednesday it had set out a diplomatic path to address sweeping Russian demands in eastern Europe, as...
MILAN- Italy will ease COVID-19 restrictions for all visitors from European Union countries starting from Feb.1, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Minister...
COPENHAGEN- The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which is dominant in Denmark, appears more contagious than the more common BA.1 sub-lineage,...
BERLIN- German lawmakers agonised over whether to impose compulsory COVID-19 shots on Wednesday, as new record daily COVID-19 infections and the country's stuttering...
