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The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday recommended people cancel holiday gatherings as Omicron continues to spread. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) during a new press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 20, 2021.   –   Copyright  Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, Dr. Tedros […]

WHO chief warns it was ‘more likely’ that people who are vaccinated or recovered from the coronavirus could be infected or reinfected. People line up at a COVID-19 testing site in Times Square during the coronavirus disease pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US [Carlo Allegri/Reuters] The World Health Organixation […]

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.Gavriil Grigorov / TASS Russia demands immediate talks with the United States on security guarantees from NATO, a senior diplomat said Monday, while President Vladimir Putin’s chief arms control negotiator warned of a “military response” if the alliance continues to step on Moscow’s “sore spots.” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov spoke days […]

A woman transports her belongings and a sheep on a donkey near the town of Jidhi in the Awdal region, Somalia, April 10, 2016. (Reuters Photo)  Nearly one in four people in Somalia are facing acute hunger as drought ravages the conflict-wracked country, following three seasons of poor rains and a fourth on the way, the United […]

A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine ready for use in a trial at St. George’s University hospital in London, Oct. 7, 2020.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Alastair Grant  The European union’s drugs regulator will on Monday decide whether to authorise the use of Novavax’s vaccine against COVID-19 which its manufacturer claims can help win over vaccine […]

A person waits in a queue for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test in Times Square as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in NYC, Dec. 19, 2021.  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced some more COVID-19 testing sites the city plans to open this week to meet the rising demand amid the ongoing Omicron NYC […]

Foreign mission representatives and Somali state officials attended the National Election Advisory Summit in Mogadishu on May 27, 2021. Somalia has delayed elections that were due to start on July 25, 2021. Somalia’s opposition caucus appears to have lost ground on stalling the country’s controversial elections after the Prime Minister urged the organisers to move […]

A person dresses as Santa Claus checks his cellphone as he sits outside of Macy’s Herald Square as the omicron variant continues to spread, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., Dec. 18, 2021. (Reuters Photo)  In this week’s roundup, the latest scientific research on the coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines suggest that […]

MANILA, Philippines – At least 75 people have been reported killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official tallies showed Sunday, as efforts to deliver water and food to devastated islands ramped up This photo taken on December 17, 2021 shows residents standing by their houses destroyed by Typhoon Odette after […]

France is to heavily tighten entry conditions for people travelling both to and from the United Kingdom in order to limit the spread of the Omicron variant, the government said on Thursday. Arriving passengers walk by a Christmas tree at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport terminal E Tuesday Dec. 22, 2020.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Jerome Delay The prime […]