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KOREA: North Korea has launched a railway-borne missile with a mission to strike the target area 800 km away, the state media reported on Thursday. “The test-firing drill took place for the purpose of confirming the practicality…

FRANCE: Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. With about 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to…

TURKEY: Turkey has extended the construction of a wall on the country’s border with Iran amid a continued influx of refugees, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. “We will add another 242 km to the 221 km we have built so far…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, (L), and Volkan Bozkir,(R), President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, applaud on Tuesday, September 14, as Abdulla Shahid, (C) receives the gavel as the new President…

The US, UK and Australia are setting up a trilateral security partnership aimed at confronting China, which will include helping Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines. The initiative, called Aukus, was announced jointly…

European low-cost airlines like Wizz, Ryanair and Easyjet have clear advantages over larger legacy flag carriers in a post-pandemic world, analysts have told CNBC, despite the massive support packages deployed from Governments around…

More than 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, a number of countries have decided it’s time to open up and adopt a “living with COVID” model. Some have enviable vaccination rates; others have decided that the costs of…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will continue to rebuild his ministerial team on Thursday, having already reshuffled his cabinet. The PM, who is promising to "build back better" from the pandemic, fired Gavin Williamson as…

China launched an emergency response on Thursday after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southwestern province of Sichuan killing at least three people, state media reported. (Foreign Agencies)

Moderna Inc. has released a set of data which suggested its COVID-19 vaccine is effective in preventing serious health issues or death from “variants of concern” but admitting that efficacy decreases over time, such that those who…