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UK considers new Covid measures as hospitalizations rise 18 Dec 2021 - 01:08 pm

The UKis considering a two-week ban on people in England gathering indoors after Christmas to slow the omicron variant’s spread, the Times reported,...

Patients praise 'tender-hearted' doctor after fatal Japan clinic blaze 18 Dec 2021 - 12:59 pm

Osaka: The doctor running the Japanese psychiatry clinic at the centre of a suspected arson attack that killed 24 was praised as a...

Typhoon leaves 19 dead, many homes roofless in Philippines 18 Dec 2021 - 10:48 am

Manila, Philippines: A powerful typhoon left at least 19 people dead, knocked down power and communications in entire provinces, and wrought widespread destruction...

German business confidence slips again amid COVID fears 17 Dec 2021 - 09:28 pm

BERLIN: Business confidence in Germany has dropped for the sixth month in a row amid concern over the latest wave of coronavirus infections,...

Austria to require Covid tests for arrivals without a booster shot 17 Dec 2021 - 09:22 pm

Austria will enforce stricter entry criteria starting next week to limit the spread of the omicron variant, including a negative Covid-19 test for...

Canada to lift travel ban on 10 African nations, boost border testing for COVID-19 17 Dec 2021 - 08:45 pm

OTTAWA: Canada will lift a ban on travelers from 10 African nations that was imposed last month as part of a campaign to...

Manulife latest financial firm to postpone back to office plans amid COVID spread 17 Dec 2021 - 07:40 pm

Manulife Financial Corp, Canada's biggest life insurer, on Friday became the latest financial company to delay its return-to-office plans for its North American...

Omicron five times more likely to reinfect than Delta, study says 17 Dec 2021 - 07:37 pm

The risk of reinfection with the Omicron coronavirus variant is more than five times higher and it has shown no sign of being...

Novovax gets WHO nod for Covid shot for developing countries 17 Dec 2021 - 07:30 pm

The World Health Organization gave emergency-use status to a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Novavax Inc., the first protein-based shot to get approval against...

Kentucky rain turns more tornado survivors out of their homes 17 Dec 2021 - 05:18 pm

MAYFIELD, Kentucky: Jimmy Galbreath counted his blessings too soon. His home in Mayfield, Kentucky, was battered but not broken last week by a...

Denmark proposes new restrictions to curb surge in coronavirus cases 17 Dec 2021 - 04:53 pm

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's prime minister said on Friday her government would propose new restrictions to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus and the new...

Portugal says Omicron could cause 80% of new cases by year-end 17 Dec 2021 - 04:43 pm

LISBON: Portugal said on Friday it estimated infections with the fast-spreading coronavirus variant Omicron were doubling every two days and could account for...

S.Africa says vaccines, prior infection help mildness of COVID cases 17 Dec 2021 - 04:37 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's health minister said on Friday that the government believed that vaccines and high levels of prior COVID-19 infection were helping...

EU to place order with Pfizer for COVID shots adapted to Omicron 17 Dec 2021 - 04:07 pm

BRUSSELS: European Union governments have agreed to exercise an option to buy more than 180 million doses of a version of the COVID-19...

Typhoon leaves 12 dead, traps people on roofs in Philippines 17 Dec 2021 - 03:59 pm

MANILA, Philippines: A powerful typhoon that battered the central Philippines left at least 12 people dead in massive floods that trapped residents on...

Arson suspected in Japan clinic blaze with 27 feared dead 17 Dec 2021 - 03:46 pm

OSAKA, Japan: At least 27 people were feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka...

Floods kill at least eight in northern Iraq 17 Dec 2021 - 01:49 pm

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq- Flash floods in northern Iraq killed at least eight people on Friday, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said. Another three people were missing...