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People line up to get tested for Covid-19 outside at a firehouse in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)

US reports first Omicron-related death

County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced the death on Monday, saying the man was in his 50s

21 Dec 2021 4:28 AM GMT

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Omicron sweeps across US, now 73 per cent of COVID-19 cases

CDC officials said they do not yet have estimates of how many hospitalizations or deaths are due to omicron

21 Dec 2021 4:23 AM GMT

Syringes and vials of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are seen on a work surface during a drive through clinic at St. Lawrence College in Kingston. (Photo: AP)

UK researchers developing new COVID-19 vaccines

The research project will boost the UK's and the world's ability to rapidly develop new vaccines

20 Dec 2021 4:23 AM GMT

The Navy arrested the fishermen in seas Southeast of the Delft Island in Jaffna on Saturday. (Representational image: PTI)

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 43 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching

Arrangements are being made to hand them over to relevant authorities for legal action after conducting Rapid Antigen...

19 Dec 2021 7:19 AM GMT

Registered nurse Nvard Termendzhyan, center, sets up a table for Linda Calderon, right, as her twin sister Natalie Balli, far left, rests in her bed in a COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hits keep coming': Hospitals in US struggle as COVID beds fill

The national seven-day average of COVID-19 hospital admissions was 60,000 by Wednesday, 50% higher than in early...

19 Dec 2021 5:33 AM GMT

Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi shaking hands with Afghanistans Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi before their meeting in Islamabad. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan / AFP)

Islamic countries meet to discuss aid for Afghanistan

After the Taliban's lightning return to power, billions of dollars in aid and assets were frozen by the international...

19 Dec 2021 4:53 AM GMT

Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speaks during a joint press conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan to rally Muslim countries to help Afghanistan

Afghanistan is facing a looming economic meltdown and humanitarian catastrophe in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover

18 Dec 2021 7:39 AM GMT

A sign asking people to wear face coverings to curb the spread of coronavirus at London St Pancras International rail station, in London, the Eurostar hub to travel to European countries including France, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP/Matt Dunham)

Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021

Denmark decided to close theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums in response to virus cases

18 Dec 2021 6:22 AM GMT

Indias Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (R) greets his French counterpart Florence Parly during an official welcoming ceremony in New Delhi on December 17, 2021. (AFP)

Ready to provide additional Rafale aircraft to India: French Defence...

France has delivered 30 Rafale aircraft to India so far, and six more are set to be delivered by April next year

17 Dec 2021 9:20 AM GMT

New cases in that week of the current wave, driven by the omicron variant, were about 20,000 a day, compared with 4,400 in the same week of the third wave. (Bloomberg Image)

South Africa hospitalization rate falls 91% in Omicron wave

Only 1.7% of identified Covid-19 infections in the second week of the fourth wave of infections were admitted to the...

17 Dec 2021 8:31 AM GMT

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)

Boris Johnson suffers humiliating defeat in UK special election

A no-confidence vote takes place if 15% of Conservative MPs (54) write to the chair of the so-called 1922 committee,...

17 Dec 2021 8:27 AM GMT

This general picture shows emergency vehicles in front of a building where a fire broke out in Osaka. (Photo: AFP)

27 feared dead in building fire in Japan's Osaka

TV footage showed dozens of firefighters working inside and outside the eight-storey building

17 Dec 2021 4:05 AM GMT