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Australia needs national response to 'alarming' disaster future - enquiry 30 Oct 2020 - 12:03 pm

SYDNEY - Australia needs national coordination of disaster responses, a change to laws to allow country-wide state of emergencies and simplified climate-change projections,...

New York, northeast US try to hold off second virus wave 30 Oct 2020 - 12:22 am

New York - New York and other parts of the northeastern United States, which have kept the coronavirus outbreak under control after being...

WHO: Europe now has more than 10 million COVID-19 cases 29 Oct 2020 - 11:50 pm

LONDON - The World Health Organization’s Europe director said Thursday that the 53-country region has again reached a new weekly record for confirmed...

Evacuation orders lifted as crews make headway on Southern California wildfires 29 Oct 2020 - 11:29 pm

Two California wildfires, which forced 130,000 Orange County residents from their homes earlier this week, were largely contained on Thursday, though smoke still...

Brazil will have a COVID-19 vaccine by June 2021, says regulator 29 Oct 2020 - 10:43 pm

BRASILIA - Brazil expects to have a vaccine against COVID-19 approved and ready for use in a national inoculation program by June, the...

Melania Trump warms up Tampa crowd at rally 29 Oct 2020 - 10:31 pm

First lady Melania Trump is making her first joint campaign appearance of the year with her husband. Mrs. Trump warmed up the large...

Fauci says first US COVID-19 vaccines could ship late December or early January 29 Oct 2020 - 09:42 pm

CHICAGO - If all goes well, the first doses of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to some high-risk...

Pakistan imposes mask order, curfew as coronavirus cases rise 29 Oct 2020 - 08:38 pm

Islamabad - A mandatory mask order came into force in Pakistani cities on Thursday in a bid to prevent a second wave of...

Russia's COVID-19 vaccine trial slows as focus shifts to second dose 29 Oct 2020 - 08:14 pm

MOSCOW - Russia has temporarily paused the vaccination of new volunteers in its COVID-19 vaccine trial, staff at eight of 25 trial clinics...

Trump, Biden home in on critical battleground of Florida 29 Oct 2020 - 08:10 pm

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will rally supporters on Thursday in the closely contested state of Florida,...

Thousands of German police plan to hunt out lockdown breakers 29 Oct 2020 - 07:57 pm

BERLIN - Germany plans to deploy thousands of federal police officers across the country to enforce toughened coronavirus restrictions from Monday, including the...

Disneyland Paris to close again as France orders second virus lockdown 29 Oct 2020 - 07:45 pm

LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney Co's Disneyland theme park in Paris will close again as France heads back into lockdown to fight a...

Spain regions seal off perimeter to avoid new lockdown 29 Oct 2020 - 07:34 pm

Barcelona - One by one, Spain's regions have announced regional border closures in the hope of avoiding a new lockdown like in France,...

Lebanon, Israel end second round of maritime border talks 29 Oct 2020 - 05:01 pm

Naqura, Lebanon: Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, wrapped up a second round of maritime border talks Thursday under UN and US...

Robots get private view of major pop art show 29 Oct 2020 - 02:59 pm

LONDON: London's Saatchi gallery is holding a private viewing for robots and humans, allowing people and machines to wander through the wacky world...

Moderna says preparing for launch of experimental coronavirus vaccine 29 Oct 2020 - 02:08 pm

Moderna Inc is on track to report early data from a late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate next month, the company said...

India's coronavirus cases cross 8 million, behind US 29 Oct 2020 - 01:33 pm

NEW DELHI: India’s confirmed coronavirus caseload surpassed 8 million on Thursday with daily infections dipping to the lowest level this week, as concerns...