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Italy extends lockdowns to more regions, tightens curbs 13 Nov 2020 - 08:33 pm

ROME: Restrictions aimed at slowing a surge in coronavirus cases will be extended in various Italian regions, with both Tuscany and Campania set...

Climate change worsening Australia's extreme weather: scientists 13 Nov 2020 - 08:13 pm

Sydney: Climate change is already buffeting Australia with extreme bushfires, droughts and cyclones, and the fossil-fuel reliant country should brace for worse to...

Eta races off to sea from Carolinas after soaking Florida 13 Nov 2020 - 06:49 pm

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida: The former Tropical Storm Eta was classified as a post-tropical cyclone early Friday, racing off the Southeast Atlantic coast and...

Whole world must benefit from Covid vaccine: WHO chief 13 Nov 2020 - 05:39 pm

Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization hailed the rapid progress towards a Covid-19 vaccine but insisted Friday that every country had...

South Korean firm to produce 150 mln doses a year of Russian COVID-19 vaccine: RDIF 13 Nov 2020 - 04:56 pm

MOSCOW/SEOUL: South Korea's GL Rapha will make more than 150 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine per year, Russia's sovereign wealth fund...

South Korea begins fining people flouting mask rules, reports 191 new coronavirus cases 13 Nov 2020 - 04:31 pm

SEOUL: South Korea will begin fining people who fail to wear masks in public on Friday as it reported 191 new coronavirus cases,...

Germany dampens hopes for swift end to winter lockdown 13 Nov 2020 - 04:22 pm

BERLIN: German government officials dampened hopes on Friday that an economically painful partial lockdown would be lifted promptly at the end of November,...

Switzerland starts 'rolling review' of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine 13 Nov 2020 - 04:10 pm

ZURICH: Switzerland has begun a rolling review of Moderna's, COVID-19 vaccine candidate so it can give it a speedy approval should it pass...

Sony PS5 sold out online as pandemic chills real-world retailing 13 Nov 2020 - 02:52 pm

TOKYO: Sony Corp's playstation 5 (PS5) console launched in core markets on Thursday to intense interest online, but with first day real-world sales...

Drones light up Seoul sky with messages of hope amid COVID-19 13 Nov 2020 - 02:31 pm

SEOUL: More than 300 drones lit up the sky over Seoul on Friday in a show the government said was meant to give...

No need for new coronavirus emergency, Japan PM says, as cases hit record 13 Nov 2020 - 01:52 pm

TOKYO - Japan does not need another state of emergency to tackle the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday,...

South Korean firm to produce 150 mln doses a year of Russian COVID-19 vaccine - RDIF 13 Nov 2020 - 01:22 pm

MOSCOW/SEOUL - South Korea's GL Rapha will make more than 150 million doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine per year, Russia's sovereign wealth...

China finds coronavirus on packaging of Brazilian beef 13 Nov 2020 - 01:13 pm

BEIJING - The Chinese city of Wuhan said on Friday it had detected the novel coronavirus on the packaging of a batch of...

Elon Musk tests positive and negative for Covid on same day 13 Nov 2020 - 01:08 pm

San Francisco - SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he tested positive for Covid-19 and then negative on the same...

Indonesia to start mass COVID-19 vaccination this year - President 13 Nov 2020 - 12:48 pm

JAKARTA - Indonesia has sought emergency authorisation to start a mass vaccination campaign by the end of the year to combat the coronavirus...

Russian Covid cases hit record as Moscow overnight closures begin 13 Nov 2020 - 12:22 pm

MOSCOW - Russia reported a record 21,983 new coronavirus infections on Friday as Moscow prepared to close restaurants and bars overnight in an...

Australia scraps plans to allow foreign students back 13 Nov 2020 - 12:11 pm

SYDNEY - Australia will not allow foreign students to return as Canberra prioritises the return of locals stuck overseas, Prime Minister Scott Morrison...