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Saudi Arabia says COVID-19 vaccination required for 2021 haj - newspaper 02 Mar 2021 - 11:24 pm

LONDON - Saudi Arabia's health ministry has ruled that only people who have ‎been vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to attend the...

India, Mexico top list of coronavirus-related attacks on health workers 02 Mar 2021 - 11:15 pm

MEXICO CITY - One-third out of almost 1,200 attacks on health workers globally last year were related to COVID-19, a coalition of healthcare...

Mexico pins hopes on US vaccine sharing after Biden's 100-day target 02 Mar 2021 - 10:56 pm

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he is hopeful the United States will be able to share...

Italy closes schools in worst-hit coronavirus areas 02 Mar 2021 - 09:53 pm

ROME - Italy's government on Tuesday ordered the closure of all schools in areas hardest hit by COVID-19 and extended curbs already in...

Turkey's reopening relieves restaurants but worries doctors 02 Mar 2021 - 09:07 pm

ISTANBUL - Turkish restaurants reopened and many children returned to school on Tuesday after the government announced steps to ease COVID-19 restrictions even...

Woman dies from brain haemorrhage in Japan days after vaccine, but link uncertain 02 Mar 2021 - 08:47 pm

TOKYO - A Japanese a woman in her 60s died from a brain haemorrhage three days after receiving a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination, the...

UK royal Meghan awarded 450,000 pounds in costs after court privacy win 02 Mar 2021 - 08:11 pm

LONDON - Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex, was awarded 450,000 pounds ($630,000) on Tuesday as a provisional payment towards her legal costs after...

FBI chief Chris Wray accuses Capitol attackers of domestic terrorism 02 Mar 2021 - 07:52 pm

WASHINGTON - FBI Director Chris Wray on Tuesday accused supporters of Donald Trump who carried out a deadly Jan. 6 attack on the...

Obey rules, PM warns, as Portugal turns corner in tough COVID-19 battle 02 Mar 2021 - 07:31 pm

LISBON - Portugal had its fewest COVID-19 patients in hospital in four months on Tuesday, data showed, as its prime minister warned that...

Nigeria takes delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines 02 Mar 2021 - 02:49 pm

ABUJA: Nigeria received its first COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday to kick off an inoculation programme in Africa's most populous nation, delivered under the...

India woos Tesla with offer of cheaper production costs than China 02 Mar 2021 - 02:20 pm

New Delhi: India is ready to offer incentives to ensure Tesla Inc's cost of production would be less than in China if the...

France changes tack and approves AstraZeneca shots for under-75s 02 Mar 2021 - 02:01 pm

Paris: France will allow people under 75 with existing health problems to get the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the health minister said, departing from...

UK's Prince Philip remains in hospital after two weeks 02 Mar 2021 - 01:50 pm

LONDON: Britain's Prince Philip was receiving treatment and undergoing heart tests on Tuesday, two weeks after the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth was...

Spain's jobless hit 4 mln for first time in 5 years as pandemic curbs bite 02 Mar 2021 - 01:36 pm

Madrid: The number of jobless people in Spain rose above 4 million for the first time in five years in February, official data...

Nigerian Police confirm release of abducted school girls 02 Mar 2021 - 01:19 pm

Gunmen in Nigeria freed hundreds of schoolgirls abducted last week in the northern state of Zamfara, the police said. "They were released in...

Through the mailbox slot: Japanese theatre offers new viewing experience 02 Mar 2021 - 01:11 pm

Tokyo: The lights dim, as at the start of any theatre performance, and the audience leans forward to look through a letter-box slot...

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash into sky 02 Mar 2021 - 12:57 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano sent a cloud of hot ash as high as 5 km (3.1 miles) on Tuesday, in its first...

Indonesia says identifies two cases of British COVID-19 variant 02 Mar 2021 - 12:30 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia has detected two cases of the more infectious COVID-19 variant first discovered in Britain, officials said on Tuesday, marking a potential...