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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 10:47 AM IST

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 9:31 AM IST

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 12:16 PM IST

A family digs through the remains of their apartment in Mayfield, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing several people overnight. (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Storms leave dozens dead in five US states, Kentucky hardest hit

Rescue efforts were complicated because Mayfield's main fire station and emergency services hub were also hit by the...

12 Dec 2021 11:12 AM IST

At least 100 emergency vehicles descended upon the Amazon warehouse near Edwardsville, Illinois, about 25 miles (40 kilometres) east of St. Louis, where a wall that was about the length of a football field collapsed, as did the roof above it. (AP Photo)

4 dead in US tornadoes, storms; roof collapse at Amazon

By early Saturday, rescue crews were still sorting through the rubble to determine if anyone was trapped inside

11 Dec 2021 3:15 PM IST

The number of people in China infected with H5N6 bird flu this year has jumped, raising concern among some experts, who say a previously circulating strain appears to have changed and may be more infectious to people. (Reuters Photo)

China's Guangdong reports human infection of H5N6 bird flu

Several H5N6 infections in China had died this year, according to local government statements and WHO reports

11 Dec 2021 1:39 PM IST

President Joe Biden delivers closing remarks to the virtual Summit for Democracy, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

U.S. imposes sweeping human rights sanctions on China, Myanmar and...

China's embassy in Washington denounced the U.S. move as 'serious interference in China's internal affairs'

11 Dec 2021 1:36 PM IST

Olaf Scholz, Germanys new chancellor. (Photo: Twitter/Olaf Scholz)

Olaf Scholz appointed as Germany's new chancellor, replacing Angela...

Scholz, the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), won the secret vote in the Parliament

8 Dec 2021 4:51 PM IST

A lab technician (L) works inside a pathological lab equipped to screen Covid-19 coronavirus patients and patients infected with the Omicron variant arriving from listed high risk destinations at a government hospital in Chennai on December 6, 2021. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Top WHO, US scientists say Omicron no worse than other virus variants

US scientist Anthony Fauci echoed the WHO's view, saying Omicron did not appear worse than prior strains based on early...

8 Dec 2021 12:06 PM IST

Mount Semeru releases volcanic materials during an eruption as seen from Lumajang district, East Java province, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021.

Indonesia volcano erupts again, hampering rescue operations

Ash from Semeru travelled up to four kilometres away after the Saturday eruption, Indonesia's geological agency reported

6 Dec 2021 12:31 PM IST

Protesters hold portraits of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years

The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being prosecuted

6 Dec 2021 11:57 AM IST

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. (Susan Walsh| AP)

Top US scientist Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron...

Early indications suggest Omicron may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations

6 Dec 2021 10:12 AM IST