PARIS:A senior EU lawmaker and a parliamentary assistant to another deputy have quit Marine Le Pen's National Rally to join rival far-right presidential...
PARIS:A senior EU lawmaker and a parliamentary assistant to another deputy have quit Marine Le Pen's National Rally to join rival far-right presidential...
WEVELGEM, Belgium: A British-Belgian teenager became the youngest woman to fly solo around the globe on Thursday and the first person to do...
BANGKOK:Thailand will ease entry requirements for vaccinated visitors from all countries next month as concerns about the omicron variant of the coronavirus decline,...
MUMBAI: India's wealthiest state will reopen schools next week, its education minister said on Thursday, as new cases of the Omicron variant of...
The Philippines again tops Southeast Asia in daily Covid-19 infections, with record cases last week prompting tighter restrictions, disrupting businesses and filling up...
Africa's top public health body plans to talk to Merck about obtaining supplies of its molnupiravir treatment pill for COVID-19, although talks with...
Philippine vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte said she will push mandatory military service for the young people if elected, signaling she would continue with...
WELLINGTON: A 57-year-old Tongan man who said he swam around 27 hours after getting swept out to sea during Saturday’s devastating tsunami has...
London-focused office-space provider Workspace Group said on Thursday customer demand has remained strong despite sector-wide concerns about the impact from the recent surge...
TOKYO: Japan's western prefecture of Osaka and two neighbouring regions are expected to join in a widening declaration of COVID-19 prevention measures, Osaka's...
The first aircraft carrying humanitarian supplies arrived in Tonga on Thursday, five days after the South Pacific island nation was hit by a...
Madrid: When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. For weeks, they were...
The Indian drug regulator's subject expert committee on Wednesday recommended full approval for Covishield and Covaxin, the two COVID-19 vaccines that have dominated...
BERLIN- Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has turned down the offer of a job at the United Nations, her office said on Wednesday,...
BRASILIA- COVID-19 infections are reaching new peaks in the Americas with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15,000 COVID-related deaths in the...
Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a...
LONDON:Face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and schools in England and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events...
ZURICH: Switzerland will extend until the end of February coronavirus quarantine and work-from-home rules and plans to keep until the end of March...
