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November 19, 2021

Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster

At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in his pocket, as hundreds of other ...

November 19, 2021

Taiwan acknowledges room to improve in COVID-19 response

The task force in charge of Taiwan's COVID-19 response has acknowledged that the island could have done better in fighting ...

November 18, 2021

Nation's capital to drop most indoor masking rules

The nation's capital is planning to lift most of its indoor masking requirements next week, as COVID-19 infection cases in ...

November 18, 2021

SKorea sees record virus jump as thousands take college exam

South Korea reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic as hundreds of ...

November 17, 2021

Top US envoy appeals for preservation of democracy in Africa

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday appealed for the preservation of democracy in politically and ethnically ...

November 17, 2021

Germany sees surge in COVID cases, mulls new restrictions

Germany's disease control agency reported 52,826 new coronavirus cases Wednesday — a number that has roughly doubled in two ...

November 17, 2021

One shot at a time: Albania battles the vaccine skeptics

There's hardly any home in Albania's Sukth distict where Ndricim Rahi and Anila Shameti have not injected someone with ...

November 16, 2021

Blinken to Africa to boost US response to regional crises

The Biden administration’s competition with China for influence didn’t get off to a great start in Africa. In August, the top ...

November 16, 2021

Spanish regions eye COVID-19 passports amid infection surge

Worried by a rise in COVID-19 infections, some of Spain’s regional governments are asking courts to authorize the ...

November 16, 2021

OSHA, South Dakota pork plant settle coronavirus complaint

Federal workplace safety regulators announced Monday that they have reached an agreement with Smithfield Foods to settle a ...

November 16, 2021

Racial disparities in kids' vaccinations are hard to track

The rollout of COVID-19 shots for elementary-age children has exposed another blind spot in the nation’s efforts to address ...

November 15, 2021

India opens to vaccinated foreign tourists after 18 months

India began on Monday allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular commercial flights, in the ...

November 14, 2021

As virus surges in Eastern Europe, leaders slow to act

At the main hospital in Romania's capital, the morgue ran out of space for the dead in recent days, and doctors in Bulgaria ...

November 13, 2021

Russia’s COVID-19 deaths set daily record

Russia is reporting a new daily high number of COVID-19 deaths, while the the total number of coronavirus infections during ...

November 13, 2021

Merkel calls on all to get shots to avoid bad virus winter

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday called on all unvaccinated Germans to get their shots as quickly as possible as the ...

November 12, 2021

Not out of the woods: COVID cases rising in Western Europe

Santa won't be getting his traditional welcome in the Dutch city of Utrecht this year. The ceremonial head of Carnival ...

November 12, 2021

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even ...

November 12, 2021

Russia: New pandemic restrictions to take effect in February

Some of the new pandemic restrictions prepared by Russian authorities go into effect next year, a top government official ...

November 11, 2021

Big Bird backlash: Vax lands even Muppet in political flap

Smokey Bear taught kids the importance of preventing wildfires. McGruff the Crime Dog warned them not to talk to strangers.

November 11, 2021

Germany mulls new COVID-19 measures as infections spike

Germany reported a record-high number of more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases on Thursday as lawmakers mulled legislation ...