Tamil6.5-magnitude quake jolts Philippines
An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck the Davao Occidental province in…
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Taliban delegation to travel to Norway
A high-ranking delegation of the Taliban-led Afghan government will embark on a trip to Norway…
Brazil reports over 160,000 new Covid cases
In the last 24 hours, Brazil reported more than 160,000 new Covid-19 cases for a…
German Covid-19 infections hit record high
Germany’s seven-day Covid-19 incidence rate exceeded 600 for the first time as 638.8 new infections…
Kamala Harris to be Joe Biden’s running mate in 2024?
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his…
China blames mail from Canada for Omicron in Beijing
The single Omicron case detected in Beijing was traced back to an international document from…
Cuba implements new protocols as Covid cases top 1 mn
The Cuban government has announced new protocols against the Covid-19 pandemic as the overall infection…
World’s oldest man dies at 112 years
The world’s oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia, has died at the age…
Taliban fire tear gas against Afghan women protestors
The Taliban used force against Afghan women who once again took to the streets of…
US sees highest rate of children Covid hospitalisations
US pediatric hospitalisations related to Covid-19 are at the highest level since the start of…
China’s population continued to grow in 2021
China’s population has grown to 1.4126 billion by the end of last year, government data…
Australia close to peak of Omicron wave: CMO
Australia’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul Kelly on Saturday said he was optimistic that the…
New York moving over Omicron peak as cases fall
New York City Health Department data has shown “very high transmission” of Covid-19 across the…
Uttar Pradesh reports 17,185 new Covid-19 cases
Uttar Pradesh reported 17,185 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said a…
Quake hits Indonesia, no tsunami alert issued
An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia on Friday, but there was…
Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally: WHO
Omicron is quickly overtaking the Delta variant of Covid and becoming dominant around the world,…
Bushfire rages in Western Australia
Emergency authorities in Western Australia have issued warnings to residents on the state’s southwest as…
Omicron to infect more than half of Europe: WHO
More than half of the European population are expected to be infected with the Omicron…
Israel shortens isolation for asymptomatic cases
Israel on Tuesday cut the isolation time for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases from 10 days to…
US surgeons successfully transplant pig heart into human patient
In what is dubbed as a ‘first-of-its-kind surgery’, the US surgeons have performed a successful…
Iran upset at slow progress in nuclear talks
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday that the Government was unhappy with the pace…