The World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Singapore instead of Switzerland next year as the Covid-19 pandemic would make it difficult to...

BARAN, India - Traditional Indian wedding finery gave way to hazmat suits and masks in a remote north Indian village, after...

TOKYO  - The emergence of Japan’s coldest city as a Covid-19 hotspot has raised fears among health experts that it...

TOKYO - Bird flu has been detected in a fifth Japanese prefecture, the agriculture ministry said on Monday (Dec 7), as...

LONDON - The family of Roald Dahl, late author of children’s classics such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has...

JEUMONT, France - Since the Covid-19 outbreak, French care home resident Colette Dupas’s contact with her daughters has been limited...

SYDNEY - Australia's second-largest city welcomed its first international passenger flight in five months on Monday (Dec 7), an arrival...

NEW DELHI: Pfizer has applied for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine in India, media said yesterday, the first...

SEOUL - South Korean authorities urged vigilance on Saturday as small coronavirus clusters emerged in a third wave, centred in the...

GENEVA - World Health Organization officials on Friday warned governments and citizens not to drop their guard over the COVID pandemic...