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Florida sets record for COVID hospitalizations 01 Aug 2021 - 09:51 pm

ORLANDO, Fla. - A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke...

Sumatran tigers at Jakarta zoo recovering from coronavirus 01 Aug 2021 - 09:35 pm

JAKARTA: Two Sumatran tigers at an Indonesian zoo were recovering from COVID-19 after they tested positive in mid-July, the Jakarta government said in...

Pizza for shots: UK targets young with vaccine incentives 01 Aug 2021 - 08:31 pm

LONDON - Restaurants, ride-hailing apps and food delivery services are backing Britain’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, offering discounts and even free slices of pizza...

Crowds in Berlin defy ban, protest coronavirus restrictions 01 Aug 2021 - 07:53 pm

Berlin - Hundreds of people turned out in Berlin on Sunday to protest the German government’s anti-coronavirus measures despite a ban on the...

Hackers attack Rome region vaccine sign-up site 01 Aug 2021 - 07:42 pm

ROME - The Italian region that includes Rome says its website has been hacked, making it temporarily impossible for residents to sign up...

Death toll in Turkey wildfires rises to eight, coastal resorts affected 01 Aug 2021 - 07:27 pm

ISTANBUL: The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast rose to eight on Sunday as firefighters battled for a fifth day to...

Sydney’s Covid cases at record while infections rise in Brisbane 01 Aug 2021 - 06:46 pm

Sydney reported a record-matching number of new local cases of Covid-19, while infections also rose in the state of Queensland, a day after...

Fauci says he expects no new U.S. lockdowns despite surging Delta cases 01 Aug 2021 - 06:05 pm

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he does not expect the United States will return to...

Russian cosmonauts give video tour of module that jolted space station 01 Aug 2021 - 05:23 pm

MOSCOW: Russian cosmonauts have given a video tour of the interior of a research module which briefly threw the International Space Station out...

Thailand extends pandemic measures, expands lockdown areas 01 Aug 2021 - 04:32 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand on Sunday extended tighter containment measures in the capital and high-risk provinces probably until the end of August in a bid...

China reports 75 new COVID-19 cases as Delta cluster expands 01 Aug 2021 - 04:15 pm

BEIJING: China reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday as cities began introducing strict curbs to halt an increasingly severe outbreak of...

Pfizer and Moderna raises prices for its COVID-19 vaccines in EU- FT 01 Aug 2021 - 03:04 pm

Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have raised the prices of their COVID-19 vaccines in their latest European Union supply contracts, the Financial Times...

Some wildfires rage on in Turkey, although most have been contained 01 Aug 2021 - 02:38 pm

ISTANBUL: Firefighters in Turkey battled on Sunday to control five wildfires including ones in the coastal resort towns of Manavgat and Marmaris, but...

Myanmar army ruler takes prime minister role, again pledges elections 01 Aug 2021 - 02:33 pm

Bangkok: Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing has taken on the role of prime minister in a newly formed caretaker government, state media...

US COVID-19 eviction ban expires, leaving renters at risk 01 Aug 2021 - 12:28 pm

Washington: A pandemic-related U.S. government ban on residential evictions expired at midnight on Saturday, putting millions of American renters at risk of being...

Cambodia to mix vaccines as booster shots to fight Covid 01 Aug 2021 - 12:10 pm

Phnom Penh: Cambodia will begin offering a booster shot against Covid-19, switching between the AstraZeneca and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to...

Iran denies involvement in attack on oil tanker off Oman 01 Aug 2021 - 11:25 am

Dubai: Iran said on Sunday it was not involved in an attack on an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker off the coast of Oman,...

Sunak demands urgent easing of UK travel rules, Times says 01 Aug 2021 - 11:15 am

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has urged an easing of the U.K.’s travel restrictions, which he said are damaging the country’s tourism industry and overall...