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-- 2021-12-24 19:21:50
Thailand reported on Friday its first domestic cluster of coronavirus infections from the omicron variant in Kalasin province in northeastern Thailand, officials said. “From the Kalasin cluster...
-- 2021-12-24 19:09:35
The local government in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh announced that night curfew would be re-imposed across the state in wake of the omicron fears, local media reported Friday. The nigh...
-- 2021-12-24 18:51:40
Bhutan has started giving COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens and priority groups as the Himalayan kingdom tries to stave off the omicron variant, health ministry officials said on Friday. Thos...
-- 2021-12-24 11:56:40
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in granted a pardon to former President Park Geun-hye, who is in prison after being convicted of corruption, the justice ministry saidon Friday, amid a tight president...
-- 2021-12-23 18:39:39
Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against the omicron coronavirus variant as UK data suggested it may cause proportionally fewer hospital cases than the Delta strain, though public health...
-- 2021-12-23 17:28:29
At least two people were killed and four seriously injured after a blast at a court complex in Ludhiana city in the north Indian state of Punjab on Thursday. The incident took place inside a bathroom...
-- 2021-12-23 16:27:06
Delaware state police have taken into custody five suspects after US Representative Mary Gay Scanlon was robbed of her automobile at gunpoint in a Philadelphia park on Wednesday. The suspects were lo...
-- 2021-12-23 11:39:41
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun for helping to improve relations between Pyongyang and Beijing, state media reported on Thursday, as the envoy left office...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-23 11:25:48
US health regulators on Wednesday authorised the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. The long-awaited mi...
-- 2021-12-23 11:17:14
The Philippines on Thursday approved emergency use of Merck & Co Inc's Covid-19 treatment pill for adult patients at risk of developing severe illness as it tries to boost the country's arsenal of...
-- 2021-12-23 11:02:03
Japan's government is not considering an immediate change to current Covid-19 restrictions, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Thursday, a day after community transmission of the Omicron...
-- 2021-12-23 10:47:58
India's capital New Delhi on Wednesday banned Christmas and other celebrations ahead of New Year to contain a possible surge in the omicron coronavirus variant, as the city reported the country's high...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-23 10:27:36
Amid a global scare over the new strain of Covid-19, the overall number of coronavirus cases has now surged past 277 million. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted...
-- 2021-12-22 22:42:57
Ukrainian military forces have conducted combat drills with US-made Javelin anti-tank missiles in a conflict area with separatists in eastern Ukraine as tensions run high with Russia, Ukrainian Dom te...
-- 2021-12-22 22:22:05
France has cancelled its order for Merck & Co's COVID-19 antiviral drug following disappointing trial data and hopes instead to receive Pfizer's competing drug before the end of January, the healt...
-- 2021-12-22 19:19:14
Libya's parliament said Friday's planned presidential election would not go ahead, leaving the internationally-backed peace process in chaos and the fate of the interim government in doubt, reports Re...
-- 2021-12-22 17:29:20
Singapore will freeze the sale of tickets for arriving flights and buses under its quarantine-free travel programme for four weeks from Thursday, the government said, citing the risk from the fast-spr...
-- 2021-12-22 17:24:08
France could soon have around 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, health minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday, up from around 70,000 currently as the country battles a fifth wave of the epidemic. T...
-- 2021-12-22 12:24:23
Israel announced on Tuesday that it will offer a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to people older than 60, amid concern about the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, reports Reuters....
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-22 12:19:17
The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 276 million amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in several western countries. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-22 11:04:24
A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment programme was found guilty on all counts Tuesday. Charles Lieber, 62, the former chair of Harvard’s depa...
-- 2021-12-22 10:10:53
Countries across Europe considered new curbs on movement on Tuesday while US President Joe Biden called on military medics to support hospitals and fight the Omicron variant sweeping the world days be...
-- 2021-12-22 09:23:14
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response unless the West dropped its "agg...
-- 2021-12-21 21:46:49
The European Commission on Tuesday adopted rules that will make the European Union COVID-19 certificate valid for travel nine months after the completion of the primary vaccination schedule. The prop...
-- 2021-12-21 17:20:19
Thailand will reinstate its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for foreign visitors and scrap a quarantine waiver from Tuesday due to concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Th...
-- 2021-12-21 16:39:07
The United States has reported its first death due to the new omicron variant of the coronavirus in Texas, local media reported Monday. "Sad to report the first local fatality from the omicron varian...
-- 2021-12-21 16:19:49
India has recorded 200 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant across 12 states, mostly in the western state of Maharashtra and the nation's capital New Delhi, the health ministry said on Tuesday. T...
-- 2021-12-21 15:12:09
Contacts have begun between Russia and the United States on the issue of security guarantees demanded by the former and there is a possibility that the sides will reach an understanding, the RIA news...
-- 2021-12-21 14:04:57
Kuwait will require travellers arriving to the country to have the Covid-19 vaccine booster shot if more than nine months have passed since their vaccination, the government communication centre tweet...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-21 12:52:30
New Zealand delayed the planned reopening of its international border because of the sweeping spread of Omicron around the world on Tuesday, as several other countries reimposed social distancing meas...
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