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Geneva | Thu, March 18, 2021 | 07:31 pm World Health Organization experts on Wednesday recommended countries continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, but said they were looking into the jab’s safety after a slew of countries suspended its use over health fears. After many countries expressed concerns of blood clots or brain haemorrhages, the […]

 Senegal | Sat, March 6, 2021 | 8:47 pm The Senegal government on Friday vowed to use “all means necessary” to return order after police fired tear gas in clashes with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as the interior minister said four people had died. The brawls erupted after a court ordered Sonko to

Yangon, Myanmar | Wed, February 10, 2021 | 08:55 pm Protests against last week’s military coup continued in Myanmar for a fifth day on Wednesday, while the United States, the European Union and others condemned violence against demonstrators the previous day. As demonstrators defied a ban on large gatherings and their numbers grew into the

Hong Kong | Sun, January 31, 2021 | 09:47 pm A new visa scheme offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship will go live later on Sunday as the city’s former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China’s crackdown on dissent. Everyone with a British National (Overseas) passport

Beijing, China/ Tue, January 26, 2021 / 08:32 pm Iphie Nie, a 30-year-old designer in Beijing who usually travels to visit family in her hometown of Shenzhen during the Lunar New Year has, like many Chinese, reluctantly decided against booking a flight for the mid-February holiday. The government has discouraged travel in what is usually

Geneva | Tue, January 19, 2021 | 08:22 pm The world is on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if rich countries hog Covid-19 vaccine doses while the poorest suffer, the head of the WHO said Monday. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization condemned the “me-first” mindset of wealthy nations and

Philippines | Saturday, January 16, 2021 | 08:00 am The Philippines said Friday that a travel ban on foreigners from Japan and other countries where a new, probably more transmissible strain of the coronavirus has been reported, has been extended until the end of this month. After its announcement Wednesday that just such a form

Beijing | Thu, January 14, 2021 | 03:14 pm A WHO team of experts was scheduled to arrive in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday as China recorded its first Covid-19 death in eight months in the wake of a resurgence of virus cases. In the north of China, more than 20 million residents

Mexico City | Tue, January 12, 2021 | 11:12 am Hundreds of restaurants in Mexico’s capital re-opened Monday in violation of a city moratorium on non-essential practices intended to counter an increase in coronavirus cases. Restaurateurs in Mexico City warned that they were faced with a strong choice-a breach of the suspension order or the

The Central Java administration plans to screen holidaygoers using antigen tests at some famous tourist destinations, such as Borobudur Temple, during the Christmas and New Year holidays to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Dubbed Operation Yustisi, the operation will set up screening posts at 11 locations across the province, six of which are holiday spots.