AMSTERDAM (AP) — The pharmaceutical company Merck says it has asked the European Medicines Agency to authorise its COVID-19 antiviral treatment, the first pill that has been shown to treat the disease. In a statement on Monday, Merck said the...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma's effort to get a prosecutor removed from his corruption case has been dismissed by the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Zuma filed a special application to have prosecutor Billy...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Monday extended for nearly three more months its rules that cruise ships must follow to sail during the pandemic. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the extension makes...
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's ruling general suggested Tuesday that some members of the government he dissolved in a coup could face trial but said that the deposed prime minister was being held for his own safety and would likely be released soon...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Moderna on Tuesday said it will make up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries, which local officials called a breakthrough on the world's least vaccinated continent. The...
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): The outgoing political leader of the main opposition Free National Movement (FNM), Dr Hubert Minnis has urged party members to forgive him for any mistakes he has made in the past and will continue to assist the party in “...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP): Children as young as three will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines in China, where 76 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated and authorities are maintaining a zero-tolerance policy toward outbreaks. China becomes...
PARIS (AP): In a move with potential ramifications for other European museums, France is displaying 26 looted colonial-era artifacts for one last time before returning them to Benin — a decision authorities in the West African country described as...
CAIRO (AP): Sudan’s military seized power on Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister, and thousands flooded the streets to protest the coup that threatened the country’s shaky progress towards...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Haiti’s capital has been brought to the brink of exhaustion by fuel shortages, after staggering along despite an earthquake, the assassination of the president, gang violence and mass kidnappings. More than two weeks of fuel...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Children under 18 and people from dozens of countries with a shortage of vaccines will be exempt from new rules that will require most travellers to the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Biden...
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency said Monday that a booster dose of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine “can be considered” in people aged 18 and above. In a statement, the EU drug regulator said its analysis had shown...
Moderna said Monday that a low dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6-to-11-year-olds, as the manufacturer joins its rival Pfizer in moving toward expanding shots to children. Pfizer's kid-size vaccine doses are closer to...
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threatens the country's...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Children as young as three will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines in China, where 76% of the population has been fully vaccinated and authorities are maintaining a zero-tolerance policy toward outbreaks. Local city and...
Jamaican author Professor Charles Mills was lauded as one of the world’s best philosophers during a virtual tribute two Sundays ago. Mills, the author of the award-winning book The Racial Contract, died on September 20 after battling cancer. He was...
Antonia Richards Stewart spent all nine months of her pregnancy working on the COVID-19 ward at Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), right up to the time of her delivery. She is among hundreds of healthcare workers who have been battling on the...
Jamaica plans to introduce more electric vehicles (EV), according to Director of Corporate Planning and Performance Management at the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, Zahra Oliphant. Oliphant was speaking at a virtual JPS Foundation...
A deal within reach, President Joe Biden and Congress’ top Democrats edged close to sealing their giant domestic legislation, though the informal deadline appeared to slip as they worked to scale back the measure and determine how to pay for it.
LONDON (AP) — The British government's scientific advisers urged the government on Friday to ensure coronavirus restrictions can be introduced rapidly, as the rate of new infections continues to grow. Britain has recorded an average of 47...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's government on Friday set an ambitious target of fully vaccinating 90% of all eligible people to end coronavirus lockdowns. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had been under pressure to provide a...
Kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5-to-11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the United States considers opening vaccinations to that...
CAIRO (AP): Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Sudan’s capital city Thursday, demanding a fully civilian government as the relationship between military generals and pro-democracy groups deteriorated over the country’s future. As crowds...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn’t get what he’s demanding. The video posted on...
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): The Electoral College on Thursday voted down an opposition-inspired motion aimed at impeaching President Paula Mae Weekes, with opposition legislators consistently disrupting the proceedings and shouting that “democracy is dead...
