Portugal tightens restrictions despite COVID vaccine success-
By Associated Press LISBON: Portugal tightened passenger entry requirements and mandated masks indoors to curb an upward trend in coronavirus […]
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EU draft pulled after Vatican complains Christmas ‘cancelled’-
By Associated Press ROME: The European Commission on Tuesday retracted internal communication guidelines that had proposed substituting the “Christmas period”
Blinken warns Russia: US will use ‘high impact’ economic tactics to deter aggression at Ukraine border
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned Russia that the U.S. will use “high impact” economic tactics to bar
South Korea confirms first five cases of new omicron Covid variant-
By Associated Press SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday confirmed its first five cases of the new omicron coronavirus variant in people
COVID-19 omicron variant unravels travel industry’s plans
Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are
Omicron keeps world jittery as more information drips out-
By Associated Press TOKYO: The omicron variant kept a jittery world off-kilter Wednesday as Japan further tightened travel restrictions, infections linked
Lava from volcanic eruption threatens more homes on La Palma
A fresh river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island threatened Wednesday to engulf a parish church
African, Western Pacific and European regions report increase in COVID cases: WHO
The report, for the first time, referred to the new omicron variant that was christened on Friday after being detected
COVID-19 omicron variant keeps the world jittery
The coronavirus’s omicron variant kept a jittery world off-kilter Wednesday as reports of infections linked to the mutant strain cropped
Man wounded after shootout with police outside Tulsa airport-
By Associated Press TULSA: Airport police in Tulsa shot and wounded a man after he opened fire on a car