ST IVES, England (AP) — President Joe Biden urged global leaders Thursday to join him in sharing coronavirus vaccines with struggling nations around the world after he promised the US would donate 500 million doses to help speed the pandemic...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that United States regulators extended the expiration date on millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by an extra six weeks. The company said a Food and Drug Administration review...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges in the United States and admitted that she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. Emma...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Thursday started rolling out a digital vaccination pass that can be used across Europe as the continent gets ready for the key summer travel season. The country's health minister said starting this week...
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's health minister said Wednesday that fully vaccinated Canadians who test negative for COVID-19 will soon be exempt from two weeks quarantine when returning to the country. Health Minister Patty Hajdu said she...
MADRID (AP) — Illegal drug production on European soil increased during the coronavirus pandemic last year as lockdowns helped move drug sales from streets to encrypted online platforms, according to an analysis of continental drug trends...
MILDENHALL, England (AP): Embarking on the first overseas trip of his term, President Joe Biden is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. In fact, it has barely got out of the starting blocks. In South Africa, which has the continent’s most robust...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 9 (CMC): The Guyana government Wednesday welcomed the latest oil discovery, saying it will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore, which is currently estimated...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): The St Kitts-Nevis government says it has no intention of importing vaccines not approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) to treat the COVID-19 pandemic in the twin-island federation. Prime Minister Dr Timothy...
PORT AU PRINCE (CMC): Haiti has announced the postponement of the constitutional referendum that was originally scheduled for June 27. While the authorities have not disclosed a new date for the referendum that had been criticised by the opposition...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A five-storey building being demolished in southern South Korea collapsed on Wednesday, sending debris falling on a bus and killing nine people on board, officials said. Concrete from the collapsed building in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's health minister was placed on special leave Tuesday over a corruption scandal involving an irregular government contract where $11 million was paid to a company connected to two people who used to work...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a new travel certificate that will allow people to move between European countries without having to quarantine or undergo extra coronavirus tests, paving the way for the pass to...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack. In fact, it has barely gotten out of the starting blocks. In South Africa, which has the continent's...
LONDON (AP): When US President Joe Biden flies to Europe this week, he will find his hosts welcoming but wary. His predecessor Donald Trump may be gone, but he leaves a long shadow. Biden’s first foreign trip as president starts today and includes...
PARIS (AP): French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped Tuesday in the face by a man during a visit to a small town in southeastern France, an incident that prompted a wide show of support for French politicians from all sides. The French...
ST JOHN’S (CMC): Antigua and Barbuda Tuesday signed a treaty on basic relations with Russia that both countries said would further enhance their cooperation in a number of areas. Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey...
LONDON (AP) — A British policeman has pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of a woman as she walked home in south London and whose body was found a week later in the woods. A court at London's Old Bailey heard Tuesday that Wayne Couzens...
GENEVA (AP) — Envoys from World Trade Organization member nations are taking up a proposal to ease patents and other intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines to help developing countries fight the pandemic, an idea backed by...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank is upgrading the outlook for global growth this year, predicting that COVID-19 vaccinations and massive government stimulus in rich countries will power the fastest worldwide expansion in nearly five decades....
LONDON (AP) — The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says the bloc is ready to act “firmly and resolutely” if the United Kingdom fails to honour its commitments under the divorce deal that was supposed to keep trade...
ANDOVER, Massachusetts (AP) — A fire at a Pfizer facility in Massachusetts that makes the coronavirus vaccine did not disrupt production, the company said. The fire in a generator at Pfizer's Andover plant was reported at about 11:30 a.m...
LONDON (AP) — Dozens of websites briefly went offline around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain's government home page, after an outage at the cloud service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of...
