ZURICH:The World Economic Forum (WEF) postponed until mid-2022 its annual meeting that had been due to take place in the Swiss mountain resort...
ZURICH:The World Economic Forum (WEF) postponed until mid-2022 its annual meeting that had been due to take place in the Swiss mountain resort...
LONDON: Shopper numbers across Britain's high streets fell 2.6% over the Dec. 18-19 weekend versus the previous weekend as the highly contagious Omicron...
BEIRUT: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on MondayLebanonneeded proper accountability for the August 2020 Beirut port explosion on the second day of a...
Moderna Inc said on Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be protective against the fast-spreading Omicron variant in...
The Netherlands imposed a snap lockdown starting Sunday. Officials in Ireland imposed a nightly curfew from Monday. France banned New Year's Eve fireworks....
JOHANNESBURG: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work after finishing a week of self-isolation due to testing positive for COVID-19, his...
Santiago: Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric won the country's presidential runoff election on Sunday, capping a major revival for the country's progressive left that...
Germany is bracing for tighter contact restrictions after the government’s new panel of health experts called for "coordinated countermeasures” to tackle the fast-spreading...
TOKYO: A 61-year-old man suspected of starting a fire that killed 24 people last week in an Osaka clinic bought 10 litres of...
Yiran Sherry woke up a September morning to do laundry at her Pennsylvania home and to prepare her 3-year-old son for school. But...
SEOUL: South Korea's hospitals must dedicate more beds and resources for the treatment of coronavirus patients, President Moon Jae-in said on Monday, as...
SYDNEY: Australian authorities urged a "move away from fear" of the coronavirus on Monday, resisting calls to make masks mandatory indoors and limit...
Moscow: A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International...
BANGKOK: Thailand is considering reinstating mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors due to concerns over the spread of Omicron, as the health ministry reported...
Manila: The death toll in the Philippines caused byTyphoonRai has risen to 208, after the storm carved a trail of destruction in central...
RIO DE JANEIRO- Brazil's federal health regulator Anvisa said on Sunday it had received a fresh torrent of threats and asked for greater...
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck in the ocean near Fiji on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at...
MANILA, Philippines- The death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has reached at least 146, and the governor...
