SYDNEY: Australia expanded a COVID-19 lockdown to a rural town and the coastal region of Byron Bay on Monday, as fears grew that...
SYDNEY: Australia expanded a COVID-19 lockdown to a rural town and the coastal region of Byron Bay on Monday, as fears grew that...
ATHENS: Greek authorities have begun assessing the damage from wildfires that have devastated huge swathes of forest and forced thousands to flee from...
SEOUL: South Korea's health minister apologised for COVID-19 vaccine shortages on Monday, saying U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc would deliver less than half its...
Cairo: Russia resumed flights to Egyptian resorts on the Red Sea on Monday, ending a ban that had lasted around six years following...
The UN panel on climate change sounded a dire warning on Monday, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming - and...
India’s Supreme Court allowed an antitrust investigation to proceed against Amazon.com Inc.’s local unit and Walmart Inc.-backed Flipkart Internet Pvt. for allegedly abusing...
Lusaka: Zambia's President Edgar Lungu will seek to fend off a perennial opposition challenger in a vote on Thursday that may be decided...
COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for U.S. teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation's...
LONDON - Britain’s competition watchdog said Sunday it will look into the cost of COVID-19 testing for travelers after Health Secretary Sajid Javid...
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will discuss COVID-19 vaccines with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, amid recent...
Saudi Arabia will gradually begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting Aug. 9 after about a year and a...
Malaysia eased virus restrictions for those who have completed the full vaccination regime, allowing them to cross state borders and dine at restaurants...
A raging wildfire in northern California is now the second-largest recorded in state history, officials said on Sunday, days after the blaze destroyed...
MOSCOW - Russian authorities started to evacuate two villages in a vast region of Siberia where 155 active forest fires burned Sunday. A...
Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s top infectious-disease doctor, said Covid-19 vaccine booster shots should be given "reasonably soon” to people with weakened immune systems....
A group of parents in Florida asked a judge to block an executive order by Governor Ron DeSantis that bans school districts from...
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia says it is giving half a million riyals, the equivalent of $133,000, to the family of each medical worker who...
Singapore: The Singapore government will adjust foreign worker policies to address concerns among locals over competition for jobs, even as the global business...
