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Sandile Cele, a researcher at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, works on the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. (Photo: AP)

Trial of new oral drug against COVID-19 begins in South Africa

South Africa has been struggling with its plans to achieve the herd immunity through vaccinations

16 Dec 2021 11:04 AM GMT

Kids and adults wait for their booster or second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Northwest Community Church in Chicago. (AP/Nam Y. Huh, File)

US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances

Universities are abruptly closing classrooms during finals week with infections multiplying at a fast rate

16 Dec 2021 5:55 AM GMT

President Ram Nath Kovind (ANI)

President Kovind arrives in Bangladesh for 50th Victory Day...

It is President Kovind's first trip abroad since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic

15 Dec 2021 6:09 AM GMT

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (AFP file image)

Top US lawmakers urge Biden to prioritise Tibetan issue, to meet Dalai...

The lawmakers advocated for a US policy towards Tibet that protects the rights, autonomy and dignity of the Tibetan...

15 Dec 2021 5:41 AM GMT

$British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Stow Health Vaccination center, in Westminster, London. Johnson says that Britain faces a \tidal wave\ of infections from the omicron coronavirus variant and he has announced a huge increase in booster vaccinations to strengthen defenses against it. (Jeremy Selwyn/Pool Photo via AP)$ World

Unprecedented Omicron spread, 'probably' in most countries: WHO

Omicron now accounts for around 3 percent of cases in the US, a figure that is expected to rise rapidly as has been seen...

15 Dec 2021 5:09 AM GMT

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo: PTI)

British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

Johnson said that over the coming decade, India and the UK will continue to deepen their bonds

14 Dec 2021 5:55 AM GMT

An earthquake of 4.8 magnitude hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday morning. (Representative Image)

7.3-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami 'possible'

The USGS said the quake struck around 100 kilometres north of the town of Maumere

14 Dec 2021 4:18 AM GMT

Facebook executive blames society, not social networks for COVID-19...

Facebook's Andrew Bosworth noted that free speech can sometimes be dangerous, but democracy must be able to tolerate it

13 Dec 2021 9:22 AM GMT

Medical workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant at a temporary screening clinic for coronavirus in Seoul. (Photo: AP)

South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track COVID-19...

The nationally funded project in Bucheon is due to become operational in January, a city official told Reuters

13 Dec 2021 5:54 AM GMT

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

UK announces booster drive to fight 'tidal wave' of Omicron

Uk began easing coronavirus restrictions in June and the alert level was at stage three, which means the epidemic is in...

13 Dec 2021 5:17 AM GMT

A healthcare worker attends to a patient at the Portimao Arena sports pavilion converted in a field hospital for Covid-19 patients at Portimao, in the Algarve region. (Photo: AFP)

COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN...

The pandemic also triggered the worst economic crisis since the 1930s

13 Dec 2021 4:01 AM GMT

Genetic analysis showed the presence of the highly pathogenic N5 strain. (Photo: AFP/File)

Japan to cull 7,000 chickens after new bird flu outbreak confirmed in...

According to the prefecture's authorities, a poultry farm confirmed finding several dead birds on Friday

12 Dec 2021 6:46 AM GMT