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ISTANBUL - The Turkish Competition Board said on Monday it had launched an investigation into WhatsApp and its owner Facebook Inc days after...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has secured 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines which are expected to be delivered mainly in the first half...

LONDON - British retailers called on the police to help enforce the wearing of masks to limit the spread of COVID-19, with two...

SAN DIEGO  - Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to...

The FBI has warned of possible armed protests being planned for Washington, D.C., and at all 50 U.S. state capitals in the run-up...

ZURICH - Contract drugmaker Lonza said on Monday it has begun manufacturing ingredients for Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine from the first of three...

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday redoubled pleas for vaccine makers to provide COVID-19 shots to its COVAX programme for...

First lady Melania Trump said Monday she was "disappointed and disheartened” by the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol last week and called...

ANKARA - Turkey will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines as of Thursday or Friday, President Tayyip Erdogan said, and will gradually lift restrictive measures...

LONDON - An international trial testing convalescent blood plasma in cases of moderate and severe COVID-19 has halted enrolment of severely ill patients...

FRANKFURT - Pfizer Inc's partner BioNTech SE has boosted the 2021 delivery target for their COVID-19 vaccine to 2 billion doses, up from...

SAO PAULO - Brazilian researchers will announce more efficacy data on Tuesday for the coronavirus vaccine made by China's Sinovac, officials said, after...

WASHINGTON - The White House is discussing the idea of having President Donald Trump make remarks on camera on Monday about Big Tech...

PRETORIA - As daily cases of COVID-19 in South Africa reach 20,000, surpassing levels seen during the first wave of the pandemic, Steve...

NEW DELHI - An independent board in India has found Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine safe in a mid-stage trial and recommended progressing...

Dubai: Oman's sultan announced on Monday a constitutional shakeup that includes the appointment of a crown prince for the first time and new...

LONDON: England’s chief medical officer warned Monday that the coming weeks would be the worst of the pandemic for the National Health Service...

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister said Monday the country has entered a "very critical zone” in the battle against coronavirus as his government...