UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use, first in the world ed.3

The European Union criticised Britain's rapid approval of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on ...

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday (Dec 2) it had received data from Pfizer and ...

Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine could get emergency use authorization within 24 to 72 hours ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson might be persuaded to take a COVID-19 vaccination on ...

Germany is planning to extend restrictions on restaurants and hotels until Jan. 10, sources ...

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian authorities on Wednesday (Dec 2) to begin mass ...

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BRUSSELS: As millions of European citizens gear up for the festive season, the European ...

Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world heritage sites like ...

The Chinese social media platform WeChat blocked a message by Australia Prime Minister Scott ...

GENEVA: People living in areas with where COVID-19 is spreading should always wear masks ...

It will take until 2022 to vaccinate the whole population of Germany against COVID-19 ...

BRUSSELS: The European Union's drug watchdog and lawmakers warned against hasty approvals of COVID-19 ...

PARIS: The Interpol global police co-ordination agency warned on Wednesday (Dec 2) that organised ...

NEW YORK: Joe Biden will not immediately cancel the Phase 1 trade agreement that President ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and southern India battened down the hatches for the second time ...

TOKYO: Japan will give free COVID-19 vaccines to all of its residents under a ...

PARIS: France will make random borders checks to stop people getting infected with COVID-19 ...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was "fantastic" that the country's medicines ...

LONDON: Britain on Wednesday (Dec 2) became the first country in the world to ...

Australia's most populous state said that from Monday it would remove limits on the ...

NEW YORK: United States President-elect Joe Biden has said that he will not immediately act ...

SYDNEY: The United States has called China's use of a digitally manipulated image of ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Dec 1) he will veto the National ...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump teased running again for president in 2024 as he hosted ...

WASHINGTON: The United States Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funnelling ...

WASHINGTON: Top US health officials announced plans on Tuesday to begin vaccinating Americans against ...

WILMINGTON, Delaware: President-elect Joe Biden presented his economic team on Tuesday (Dec 1) and pledged ...

WASHINGTON: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to shorten the recommended ...

More than 150 parliamentarians from 18 countries have called on Hong Kong leader Carrie ...

SYDNEY: Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used Chinese social media platform WeChat to ...

WASHINGTON: The United States Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funnelling ...

Opposition leader Juan Guaido is leading a boycott of Venezuela's legislative elections on Sunday ...

The performer formerly known as Ellen Page, who also appeared in Netflix's The Umbrella ...

The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, will ...

NEW YORK: Seafarers should be classified as "key workers", United Nations member states urged ...

The US Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a must-pass US$1.4 ...

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the biotech firm Regeneron are investigating whether ...

A baby was among five people killed when a car tore through a pedestrian ...

President Donald Trump will gather leaders from industry and government next week for a ...

The Madrid region on Tuesday inaugurated a 100-million-euro hospital to treat COVID-19 patients, though ...

US Attorney General Bill Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has found no ...

French health authorities on Tuesday reported 8,083 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 ...

EU member states on Tuesday warned European negotiators not to lose their nerve in ...

At least two people were killed and several injured when a car drove through ...

The United Nations on Tuesday pleaded with Ethiopia to allow aid for long-standing refugee ...

US officials on Monday (Dec 1) unveiled details for the swift distribution of COVID-19 vaccines ...

A lawyer for Donald Trump on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to halt ...