BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials briefed diplomats Friday on the ongoing research into the origin of COVID-19, ahead of the expected release of a long-awaited report from the World Health Organization. The briefing appeared to be an attempt...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania has given a hero’s burial to President John Magufuli, who died earlier this month after denying that COVID-19 was a danger to the East African country. Magufuli’s coffin was lowered into the ground...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders failed to settle a fight about the distribution of COVID-19 shots among member states Thursday but pledged to strengthen vaccine export controls and production on EU soil amid a shortage of doses and...
The 9-year-old twins didn’t flinch as each received test doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine -- and then a sparkly bandage to cover the spot. “Sparkles make everything better,” declared Marisol Gerardo as she hopped off an...
MIAMI (AP): A United States senator has urged the Biden administration to lift a ban on diesel fuel swaps with Venezuela, adding to pressure from some Democrats and aid workers who argue sanctions are worsening the South American country’s dire...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israel’s parliamentary election this week appears to have resulted in yet another deadlock, raising the possibility of a fifth election in just over two years. The protracted stalemate has left Israel with a poorly functioning...
KINGSTOWN (CMC): The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) in St Vincent and the Grenadines has warned residents of communities near to the La Soufriere volcano to heighten their preparedness in the event that it becomes necessary for...
More than three months into the United States vaccination drive, many of the numbers paint an increasingly encouraging picture, with 70 per cent of Americans 65 and older receiving at least one dose of the vaccine and COVID-19 deaths dipping below...
BISMARCK (AP): A proposal in North Dakota to shield schools and teachers from lawsuits arising from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional and would spur costly and unwinnable legal fights, attorneys and education officials...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden’s dogs – Champ and Major – are roaming the White House again, after having been sent to Delaware when Major, the younger dog, injured a Secret Service agent. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): A Haitian appeals court this week ordered the release of more than a dozen people accused of plotting a coup against embattled President Jovenel Moïse, a decision that opposition leaders celebrated. Police in early February...
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers agreed Thursday to prolong coronavirus emergency measures for six months, allowing the Conservative government to keep its unprecedented powers to restrict United Kingdom citizens’ everyday lives. The...
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization-backed programme to ship COVID-19 vaccines worldwide has announced supply delays for up to 90 million doses from an Indian manufacturer, in a major setback for the ambitious rollout aimed to help...
AstraZeneca insists that its COVID-19 vaccine is strongly effective even after counting additional illnesses in its US study, the latest in an extraordinary public dispute with American officials. In a late-night news release Wednesday, the...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish officials decided Thursday to prolong their suspension of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by three weeks while they continue evaluating a potential link with blood clots even though European Union regulators...
BRUSSELS (AP): The European Union moved Wednesday towards stricter export controls for coronavirus vaccines, seeking to make sure its 27 nations have more COVID-19 shots to boost the bloc’s flagging vaccine campaign amid a surge in new infections....
BRUSSELS (AP): The United States and European countries are closing ranks to respond to what the US calls “aggressive and coercive” behaviour by China, days after the US and its allies launched coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials...
WARSAW (AP): Poland recorded its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections on Wednesday as hospitals buckle under a new surge. Hungary has the highest per capita death rate in the world. And Romanian doctors are working around the clock...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Joe Biden has tapped Vice-President Kamala Harris to lead the White House effort to tackle the migration challenge at the US southern border. Biden made the announcement as he and Harris met at the White House on...
PACIFICA, California (AP) — Disposable masks, gloves, and other types of personal protective equipment are safeguarding untold lives during the coronavirus pandemic. They’re also creating a worldwide pollution problem, littering...
India has placed a temporary hold on all exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, foreign ministry sources have told the BBC. They said rising cases meant domestic demand was expected to pick up in the coming weeks, and so the doses...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union moved Wednesday toward imposing stricter export controls for coronavirus vaccines, seeking to make sure there are more COVID-19 shots to boost the bloc’s flagging vaccine campaign as new infections...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong suspended use of the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday after its Chinese distributor informed the city that one batch had defective bottle lids. The city’s government said the suspension was immediate while the matter...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil reported more than 3,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day for the first time Tuesday amid calls for the government and the new health minister to take action to stem the nation’s resurgence of coronavirus...
JERUSALEM (AP): Exit polls indicate that there is no clear winner in Tuesday’s Israeli election, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fate uncertain and signalling continued political deadlock. The polls on Israel’s three main TV stations...
