-- 2021-11-30 11:44:32
A court in military-ruled Myanmar deferred on Tuesday the first verdicts in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to December 6, a source familiar with the proceedings said. The Nobel Peace lau...
-- 2021-11-29 21:50:11
As scientists race to understand the consequences of the omicron COVID-19 variant, one of the most important questions is whether this new version of the coronavirus can outrun the globally dominant d...
-- 2021-11-29 21:00:05
US-based multinational biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc said on Monday its COVID-19 diagnostic tests can accurately detect the new coronavirus variant omicron that has made several c...
-- 2021-11-29 18:46:24
India's parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws...
-- 2021-11-29 17:23:22
Russia will continue slowing down the speed of Twitter on mobile devices until all content deemed illegal is deleted, state communications regulator Roskomnadzor said, as Moscow continues to make dema...
-- 2021-11-29 16:31:52
World powers and Iran will gather in Vienna on Monday to try to salvage their 2015 nuclear deal, but with Tehran sticking to its tough stance and Western powers increasingly frustrated, hopes of a bre...
-- 2021-11-29 13:27:30
The top US infectious disease official, Dr Anthony Fauci, told President Joe Biden on Sunday it will take about two weeks to have definitive information on the new coronavirus variant Omicron that has...
-- 2021-11-29 09:41:15
The Omicron coronavirus variant spread around the world on Sunday, with new cases found in the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia even as more countries imposed travel restriction to try to seal thems...
-- 2021-11-28 20:29:09
Indonesia will ban the entry of travellers who have been in eight African countries and extend quarantine times for all arrivals to curb the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, officials sa...
-- 2021-11-28 19:11:57
New Zealand Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter got on her bicycle early on Sunday and headed to the hospital. She was already in labour and she gave birth an hour later, reports Reuters. "B...
-- 2021-11-28 19:06:27
An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck northern Peru about 40 km (25 miles) from the town of Barranca early on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of injury or damag...
-- 2021-11-28 18:50:52
The new Omicron coronavirus variant kept spreading around the world on Sunday, with two cases detected in Australia, even as more countries tried to seal themselves off by imposing travel restrictions...
-- 2021-11-28 16:06:54
At least 18 people have died and five others have been injured after their vehicle collided with a parked lorry in India’s West Bengal. All of the dead died on the spot when the accident took p...
-- 2021-11-28 15:24:50
Maldives said it was barring travellers from seven African countries from Sunday over concerns about the new Omicron variant of COVID-19. Travellers will not be allowed into Maldives from South Afric...
-- 2021-11-28 14:37:53
Australia confirmed on Sunday that two people arriving from southern Africa over the weekend had tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant, adding to a growing number of countries fighti...
-- 2021-11-28 12:42:50
China could face more than 630,000 Covid-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs, according to a study by Peking University mathematicians. In the report...
-- 2021-11-28 12:30:37
Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid strain, local media report. The ban is expected to come into effect...
-- 2021-11-28 10:04:30
Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new steps to contain the virus, while more nations impos...
-- 2021-11-27 21:14:06
South Africa said on Saturday it was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new COVID-19 variants early, like travel bans and restrictions imposed after detecting the new Omicron variant th...
-- 2021-11-27 20:32:01
Two cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in Britain, health minister Sajid Javid said on Saturday, according to Reuters. "Late last night I was contacted by the UK H...
-- 2021-11-27 18:29:44
Dutch health authorities said that 61 people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa on Friday tested positive for COVID-19, and they were conducting further testing early Saturday t...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-27 15:47:45
AstraZeneca said on Friday it was examining the impact of a new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly in South Africa on its vaccine and its antibody cocktail, adding it was hopeful its combin...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-27 11:22:04
The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 261 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case...
-- 2021-11-27 11:19:52
Wenzhou, a city in eastern China, has issued an arrest warrant for Macau junket mogul Alvin Chau, accusing him of operating gambling activities in mainland China. Chau is the founder of Macau's bigge...
-- 2021-11-27 10:57:41
The United States will bar entry to most travelers from eight southern African countries starting on Monday, after a potentially more-contagious new coronavirus variant was identified in South Africa,...
-- 2021-11-26 21:11:34
Global authorities reacted with alarm on Friday to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU and Britain among those tightening border controls as researchers sought to find out...
-- 2021-11-26 17:50:38
India will lead demands for an intellectual property rights waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and supplies at a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting next week, two government officials said. A year afte...
-- 2021-11-26 16:33:20
Indonesia's counterterrorism squad has arrested 24 people on suspicion of fundraising for Jemaah Islamiah, or JI, the Al-Qaeda linked extremist group accused of carrying out some of the country's bigg...
-- 2021-11-26 16:21:13
A night curfew will be re-imposed in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara after witnesses said Australian police began taking control of hotspots following three days of violent protests in the South P...
-- 2021-11-26 16:10:03
Asian and European countries tightened travel restrictions on Friday after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with the EU, Britain and India among t...
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