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WHO asks China for more data on fast-spreading respiratory illness
The World Health Organization has asked China for more data on a respiratory illness spreading in the north of the country, urging Chinese to take ... World News -
‘Vulnerable’ UAE residents urged to get COVID-19 booster vaccine amid surging strains
‘Vulnerable’ residents in the UAE have been urged to get a COVID-19 booster jab this winter amid a spike in the prevalent strains of the virus.The ... Gulf -
Jailed former Malaysian PM Najib in hospital with COVID-19
Malaysia’s jailed former prime minister Najib Razak has been admitted to a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, his spokesperson said on ... World News -
Sony PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan to retire after 30 years
Sony said Thursday that the chief executive of its PlayStation unit Jim Ryan will retire next March after almost 30 years at the Japanese firm.CEO ... Economy -
China says it has not been notified about North Korea’s border reopening
On Monday, China’s national broadcaster CCTV reported that North Korea had allowed foreigners to enter. World News -
Australia announces probe into COVID-19 response
Australia announced Thursday an inquiry into its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its use of fortress-like travel restrictions and a ... World News -
Qantas illegally fired workers in pandemic, Australia High Court rules
Australia’s top court on Thursday ruled Qantas Airways broke the law by sacking 1,700 ground staff and replacing them with contractors early in the ... Aviation & Transport -
More than 330 million children still in extreme poverty: UNICEF
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million children still living in extreme poverty, according ... World News -
WHO alerts of ‘concerning’ COVID-19 trends ahead of winter
The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned of “concerning trends” for COVID-19 ahead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, calling for ... World News -
US First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, presenting symptoms
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms, her spokeswoman said. President Joe Biden was tested ... Coronavirus -
North Korea allows return of its citizens from abroad
North Korea has moved to further open up from strict pandemic-era isolation, with state media reporting Sunday that citizens living abroad have been ... World News -
Nearly 2 million excess deaths followed China’s sudden end of COVID-19 curbs: Study
China’s abrupt move to dismantle its strict COVID-19 regime, which unleashed the virus onto its 1.4 billion residents, could have led to nearly 2 ... World News -
Dubai’s airport sees 49 pct surge in passenger traffic in first half of 2023
Dubai’s main airport reported a 49 percent surge in passenger traffic in the first half of the year to 41.6 million, surpassing pre-pandemic levels, ... Gulf -
US CDC tracks new lineage of virus that causes COVID-19, found in Middle East
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it was tracking a new lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19.The lineage is ... World News -
WHO classifies new COVID-19 ‘variant of interest’
The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a “variant of ... World News -
Deep dive: COVID-19 cases on the rise again, EG.5 variant appearing more frequently
COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. For all the ... Coronavirus -
WHO expects ‘more MERS cases’ in M.East after expat contracts disease in Abu Dhabi
Genomic analysis has begun that will identify any genetic evolution of the virus Gulf -
Chinese province Zhejiang saw rise in cremations during COVID-19 surge
Cremations in the Chinese province of Zhejiang rose more than 70 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, government data showed, an unexplained ... World News -
165 million fell into poverty during COVID-19, cost-of-living crisis, war: UN
The COVID-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million people into poverty since 2020, the United Nations ... World News -
UK government loses legal battle over Boris Johnson’s COVID-era messages
Two UK judges on Thursday turned down a government request to withhold documents of ex-prime minister Boris Johnson from a public inquiry probing the ... World News -
Italy launches COVID-19 inquiry panel, opposition afraid of witch hunt
Italy’s lower house of parliament on Thursday backed a parliamentary inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the opposition voicing ... World News -
UK government must hand over WhatsApp messages to COVID-19 inquiry: Court
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government must hand over internal WhatsApp messages sought by its own public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic ... World News -
US judge limits Biden officials from contacting social media firms
A US federal judge on Tuesday restricted some agencies and officials of the administration of President Joe Biden from meeting and communicating with ... World News -
British police reopen an investigation into COVID breaches at Conservative Party HQ
British police will reopen an investigation into COVID-19 lockdown breaches at a December 2020 event held in the headquarters of the governing ... World News -
North Korea appears to lift COVID-19 mask mandate, reports say
North Korea appeared to have eased a strict COVID-19 mask mandate, media reports said this week, after state news agencies showed many people maskless ... World News -
Zero evidence COVID-19 created in Chinese lab: US intelligence
The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the COVID-19 virus was created in the Chinese government’s Wuhan research ... World News -
Hospital doctors in England announce longest strike in history of state-funded NHS
Hospital doctors in England on Friday announced the longest strike in the history of the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), in an ongoing row ... World News -
Election to pick Boris Johnson’s successor set for July 20
The successor to Boris Johnson’s seat in Britain’s parliament will be chosen in a by-election vote on July 20, the local council said on Thursday, ... World News -
Johnson accused of ‘willfully’ misleading Parliament over breaking lockdown rules
Britain’s Boris Johnson should be excluded from parliament for willfully misleading lawmakers over rule-breaking COVID-19 lockdown parties at his ... World News -
Hajj 2023: More than 150,000 pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia
More than 150,000 pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia via the ‘Makkah Route’ initiative ahead of the upcoming Hajj season, the Saudi Press Agency ... Saudi Arabia