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WHO welcomes US donation of more COVID-19 vaccine doses 18 May 2021 - 12:10 am

ZURICH - The head of the World Health Organization hailed news on Monday that U.S. President Joe Biden will send at least 20...

Italy shortens COVID curfew, eases other restrictions -sources 17 May 2021 - 09:46 pm

ROME: Italy's ruling parties on Monday agreed to shorten a nightly curfew to 11 p.m. from 10 p.m. with immediate effect and ease...

Paris museum gets ready to welcome visitors after COVID shutdown 17 May 2021 - 08:28 pm

PARIS - At the Musee d'Orsay in Paris on Monday, workers were hanging a priceless Renoir painting in preparation for the museum's re-opening...

Thrill of the silver screen returns to England as lockdown eases 17 May 2021 - 08:03 pm

LONDON: Londoner Sam Poch was anticipating the thrill of the big screen lighting up as he waited on Monday to enter a cinema...

World has entered stage of "vaccine apartheid" - WHO head 17 May 2021 - 07:08 pm

ZURICH: The world has reached a situation of "vaccine apartheid", World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, and was no...

J&J cuts vaccine deliveries to EU by half this week - EU source 17 May 2021 - 06:55 pm

BRUSSELS: Johnson & Johnson has cut by half expected deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to the European Union this week, an EU official told...

Indian variant not affecting vaccinated older people: UK health minister 17 May 2021 - 06:53 pm

LONDON: Early indications are that vaccines are protecting the elderly against the variant of concern first found in India and most of the...

EU regulator backs month-long storage of Pfizer vaccine in fridges 17 May 2021 - 05:42 pm

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended extending the storage time for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at normal fridge temperatures to 31 days...

Germany mulls making vaccines free for all from June 7 17 May 2021 - 05:26 pm

BERLIN: Health Minister Jens Spahn has proposed to colleagues that Germany should stop restricting coronavirus vaccines to more vulnerable groups from June 7,...

London has about 400 cases of India variant, Sadiq Khan says 17 May 2021 - 03:30 pm

London authorities are working to trace the contacts of 400 people who caught the India variant of coronavirus as the UK capital moves...

UK demands more time to solve Northern Ireland border riddle 17 May 2021 - 03:29 pm

LONDON: Britain has demanded the European Union give it more time to solve the post-Brexit Northern Irish border riddle, proposing to phase in...

Bomb alert in French city of Lille over, no explosives found - police 17 May 2021 - 12:53 pm

Paris: Police gave the all-clear on Monday following an earlier bomb alert in the northern French city of Lille, with no explosives found...

French school evacuated after bomb alert in Lille - police 17 May 2021 - 11:48 am

Paris: A school in the northern French city of Lille was evacuated on Monday following a bomb alert, local police said, confirming earlier...

BA and Heathrow urge UK to ease travel restrictions 17 May 2021 - 11:31 am

London: The bosses of British Airways and the UK's biggest airport, Heathrow, urged the government to go further in easing restrictions around travel...

France to provide Sudan with $1.5 bln bridge loan to clear arrears 17 May 2021 - 11:02 am

PARIS: France will grant a $ 1.5 billion bridge loan to clear Sudan's arrears to the International Monetary Fund, French Finance Minister Bruno...

Three killed in knife attack in Russian city of Yekaterinburg - TASS 17 May 2021 - 10:59 am

Moscow: Three people were killed in a knife attack on Monday near a train station in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, the TASS...

Free at last to hug and party: UK reopens for business 17 May 2021 - 10:54 am

London: Friends will hug, parties will be organised and swathes of the British economy will reopen on Monday, giving 65 million people a...

Sanofi-GSK reports success in virus vaccine, after setback 17 May 2021 - 10:48 am

Paris: Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline's potential COVID-19 vaccine triggered strong immune responses in all adult age groups in preliminary trials, boosting optimism the shot...