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S.Korea urges more testing over fear of holiday COVID-19 surge 23 Sep 2021 - 11:29 am

SEOUL: South Korean authorities warned people returning from a holiday to get tested even for the mildest COVID-19 type symptoms, especially before clocking...

Australia disputes French version of submarine letter 23 Sep 2021 - 11:15 am

Sydney: Australia denied on Thursday an assertion by France that Canberra had re-committed to a $60 billion contract to buy French submarines in...

US FDA clears Pfizer Covid-19 booster for older and at-risk Americans 23 Sep 2021 - 10:55 am

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those...

French envoy to return to U.S. after fence-mending Biden-Macron call 23 Sep 2021 - 10:06 am

Paris / Washington: The US and French presidents moved to mend ties on Wednesday, with France agreeing to send its ambassador back to...

Italy triples pledge to provide other nations with COVID-19 vaccines 22 Sep 2021 - 11:51 pm

ROME - Italy plans to give other countries 45 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year, three times its...

Japan to double COVID-19 vaccine donations to other countries to 60 mln doses 22 Sep 2021 - 11:47 pm

TOKYO - Japan plans to give other countries 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday, doubling the...

Spain to give third vaccine dose to care-home residents, infections fall 22 Sep 2021 - 10:07 pm

MADRID - Spain will give a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and other vulnerable groups, the Health Ministry said...

US CDC advisers could vote on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster on Thursday 22 Sep 2021 - 10:03 pm

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel could vote on the use of a third shot of Pfizer Inc and...

England's top medic says COVID-19 transmission highest in children 22 Sep 2021 - 09:22 pm

LONDON - England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Wednesday that COVID-19 transmission was currently highest in 12- to 15-year-olds, and that...

Russian vaccine tourism catches on after Sputnik V hits WHO snag 22 Sep 2021 - 08:59 pm

MOSCOW - Russian travel agencies are selling package tours for Russians to receive foreign COVID-19 vaccines abroad amid frustration among some Russians that...

'All we can do is cry' - La Palma volcano leaves trail of devastation 22 Sep 2021 - 08:44 pm

LA PALMA, Spain - Lava flowed from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma for a fourth day on Wednesday,...

Police in Quebec seek man for punching nurse over wife's COVID-19 shot 22 Sep 2021 - 07:48 pm

MONTREAL - Police in the Canadian province of Quebec are searching for a man they suspect of punching a nurse in the face...

New WHO air-quality guidelines aim to cut deaths linked to fossil fuels 22 Sep 2021 - 04:08 pm

Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants...

Germany to end quarantine pay for those without vaccinations 22 Sep 2021 - 04:00 pm

Berlin: Germany will stop paying compensation to unvaccinated workers who are forced into quarantine by coronavirus measures as it is unfair to ask...

Quake strikes off Nicaraguan coast, no immediate reports of damage 22 Sep 2021 - 03:13 pm

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck in the Pacific off the coast of Nicaragua early on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage....

S.Korea to donate 1 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam in October 22 Sep 2021 - 02:50 pm

SEOUL: South Korea said on Wednesday it would donate more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam next month in what...

Kosovo calls on Serbia to lower tensions, start dialogue 22 Sep 2021 - 02:25 pm

PRISTINA, Kosovo: The Kosovo-Serbia border was blocked for a third straight day on Wednesday by ethnic Serbs protesting a decision by Kosovo authorities...