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Italy to make COVID jab mandatory for over-50s, tighten curbs - draft 06 Jan 2022 - 12:07 am

ROME -Italy is set to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for people aged 50 and above in an attempt to ease pressure on its...

Garland says US will hold all involved in Capitol attack accountable 05 Jan 2022 - 11:48 pm

WASHINGTON- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday vowed to hold accountable anyone who was involved in the deadly Capitol attack by former...

Mozambique president's PCR results come back negative for COVID-19 05 Jan 2022 - 11:45 pm

MAPUTO- Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi's PCR results came back negative for COVID-19 after Nyusi and his wife Isaura tested positive via rapid tests...

Hong Kong bans some inbound flights, tightens COVID-19 curbs 05 Jan 2022 - 09:31 pm

HONG KONG- Hong Kong announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including the United States and Britain, and tightened restrictions...

Turkey logs record 66,467 COVID-19 cases as Omicron surges 05 Jan 2022 - 09:24 pm

ANKARA- Turkey recorded 66,467 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure on record, health ministry data showed on...

Bulgaria tightens arrival conditions as COVID infections surge 05 Jan 2022 - 09:03 pm

SOFIA- Bulgaria will require almost all travellers from the European Union to have a negative PCR coronavirus test prior to entry along with...

Germany could reduce COVID isolation periods to keep country running 05 Jan 2022 - 08:50 pm

BERLIN- Germany is considering shortening COVID-19 self-isolation periods over fears that critical services could grind to a halt as the highly infectious Omicron...

Portugal could ease isolation rules by Jan. 30 vote as infections soar 05 Jan 2022 - 08:30 pm

LISBON- Portugal's authorities said on Wednesday that isolation rules for quarantined voters may need to be eased ahead of a snap general election...

Google Maps helps Italian police capture mafia fugitive 05 Jan 2022 - 08:23 pm

ROME- Italian police has caught a top mafia fugitive who had been on the run for nearly 20 years thanks to the help...

Life-size Pikachu sweetens medicine at French kids' vaccination centre 05 Jan 2022 - 07:56 pm

MEAUX, France- France has started giving the COVID-19 jab to children as young as 5, and one vaccination centre is adapting to its...

Chicago cancels school as record-setting Omicron wave spurs more disruptions 05 Jan 2022 - 07:43 pm

CHICAGO- Chicago officials canceled classes in the nation's third-largest school district on Wednesday amid a dispute with the teachers' union, the latest disruption...

At least 13 people, including 7 children, killed in Philadelphia fire 05 Jan 2022 - 07:41 pm

At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed in an early morning fire on Wednesday in a Philadelphia apartment building after smoke...

Kazakh president's home ablaze as protests escalate 05 Jan 2022 - 06:07 pm

Moscow: The presidential residence in Kazakhstan's largest city was engulfed in flames on Wednesday and armed protesters stormed another government building, according to...

Algerian ambassador to return to Paris on Jan. 6 05 Jan 2022 - 05:47 pm

Cairo: The Algerian ambassador to France will return to Paris on Jan. 6, after being recalled for consultations in October, Algerian state TV...

India says safety concerns restricting use of Merck COVID pill 05 Jan 2022 - 05:32 pm

NEW DELHI: India has not addedMerck's COVID-19 pill to its national treatment protocol for the disease due to known safety concerns that have...

Poland's president tests positive for COVID-19, top aide says 05 Jan 2022 - 03:12 pm

WARSAW: Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, a top aide tweeted on Wednesday, after several people around him were infected....