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Travel guidance eased as CDC says vaccinated people at low risk 03 Apr 2021 - 08:42 am

Federal authorities said fully vaccinated people can resume recreational travel in the U.S. at "low risk,” and signaled a relaxation of operational guidelines...

One officer dead after man rams Capitol barricade; suspect fatally shot by police, officials say 03 Apr 2021 - 07:32 am

WASHINGTON: One Capitol Police officer was killed and another injured Friday when a man crashed his vehicle into them near the U.S. Capitol,...

India's Maharashtra state warns of full lockdown amid second wave of coronavirus 02 Apr 2021 - 08:07 pm

NEW DELHI: The chief minister of India's Maharashtra state warned on Friday of a full lockdown to curb coronavirus infections if people did...

U.S. CDC: Vaccinated people can resume travel at 'low risk' 02 Apr 2021 - 07:31 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said fully vaccinated people can safely travel at "low risk", after the...

Moderna gets nod to speed up virus vaccine output with bigger vials 02 Apr 2021 - 07:00 pm

The U.S. drug regulator gave Moderna Inc clearance to speed up output of its COVID-19 vaccine by letting it fill a single vial...

Ecuador declares state of exception in eight provinces as COVID-19 infections spike 02 Apr 2021 - 06:46 pm

QUITO: Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno has declared a 30-day state of exception in eight of the country's 24 provinces, which includes a curfew,...

Daredevil free climber scales one of Europe's highest skyscrapers 02 Apr 2021 - 05:01 pm

BARCELONA: George King, the man who free-climbed The Shard in London, took his life in his hands again when he scaled one of...

Vietnam to vaccinate 20% of population against COVID-19 by end of year 02 Apr 2021 - 03:28 pm

HANOI: Vietnam aims to have 20% of its 98 million people vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year, its health ministry...

Turkey begins administering Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots 02 Apr 2021 - 03:26 pm

ANKARA: Turkey on Friday began administering Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 shots, introducing a second vaccine in its campaign that began in mid-January, as...

CCTV shows couple in Seoul daubing over $500,000 graffiti artwork 02 Apr 2021 - 03:21 pm

A couple in South Korea accused of damaging artwork by American graffiti artist JonOne said they had mistakenly thought they were allowed to...

Guinea medics track suspected Ebola cluster after one case confirmed 02 Apr 2021 - 02:33 pm

CONAKRY: Medics in Guinea were on Friday racing to track down suspected carriers of the Ebola virus, after they fled a southeastern town...

Train crash kills 48 in Taiwan's deadliest rail tragedy for decades 02 Apr 2021 - 01:10 pm

HUALIEN, Taiwan - A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on Friday, killing at least 48 passengers and...

New COVID-19 restrictions to impact French growth - minister 02 Apr 2021 - 01:07 pm

PARIS - New COVID-19 restrictions in France will impact economic growth this year but it is too early to say by how much,...

China aims to vaccinate entire city in 5 days after outbreak 02 Apr 2021 - 12:54 pm

BEIJING - A Chinese border city hit by a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 began a five-day drive Friday to vaccinate its entire population...

UK sees 25 blood-clot cases from AstraZeneca vaccine 02 Apr 2021 - 12:50 pm

The U.K. government said there have been 25 new reports of rare types of blood clots linked to AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine recently,...

Opposition grows against UK vaccine passports 02 Apr 2021 - 12:38 pm

LONDON - More than 70 British lawmakers have signalled their opposition to the introduction of so-called vaccine passports that the government is considering...

Australia investigates possible link of blood clot case to AstraZeneca vaccine 02 Apr 2021 - 12:30 pm

MELBOURNE - Australia is investigating whether a blood clotting case recorded on Friday is related to the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, a health official...