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Australia starts 2022 with record COVID-19 cases

Australia started 2022 with a record number of new COVID-19 cases as an outbreak centred...

Biden to call Ukraine leader after Putin talks

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymr Zelensky will speak by phone on...

China ends 2021 with highest weekly COVID-19 cases since taming original epidemic

China ended the final week of 2021 with its biggest tally of local COVID-19 cases...

UK Commons Speaker was told not to reignite Diana conspiracy theories

Downing Street scrambled to quash conspiracy theories that the UK’s intelligence services played a role...

Some nations look to shorten isolation rules as Omicron races around the world

Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed...

New COVID-19 cases in U.S. soar to highest levels on record

More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in...

U.S. sees possible progress in Iran nuclear talks

The United States said Tuesday it had seen possible progress in talks with Iran but...

Hundreds of troops loyal to Somalia PM gather outside presidential palace

Hundreds of troops loyal to Somalia's Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble on Tuesday camped near...

Rapid COVID-19 tests not as accurate with Omicron: US regulator

Rapid COVID-19 home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated...

Ethiopia protests US decision to revoke duty-free access

Ethiopia has said it is "saddened" by a US decision to revoke duty-free access for...

CDC cuts isolation time for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases to 5 days

US health authorities on Monday (Dec 27) shortened the recommended isolation time for Americans with...

'We have more work to do,' Biden says as Omicron surge looms

President Joe Biden on Monday (Dec 27) pledged to ease a shortage of COVID-19 tests...

US President Joe Biden leads tributes after death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

World leaders have paid tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu after his death at the age...

Trudeau says China 'playing' democracies against each other

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a year-end interview with local media said Western democracies...

U.S. monitoring dozens of COVID-hit holiday cruise ships

U.S. authorities on Sunday were monitoring dozens of cruise ships hit by COVID-19 cases while...

67 people cross English Channel on Christmas Day

UK authorities have brought in 67 people who were attempting to cross the English Channel...