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JAPAN,THAILAND, MALAYSIA: The Olympics host city Tokyo, as well as Thailand and Malaysia, announced record Covid-19 infections on Saturday, mostly driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the disease. The surge in…

CHINA: In the face of new spikes in sporadic COVID-19 infections, governments at various levels across China have promptly taken measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus in an orderly fashion. This round of infections…

FRANCE: Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on Saturday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide array of public venues, introduced by the government as it battles a fourth wave of…

US: US President Joe Biden said “in all probability” new guidelines or restrictions would be imposed in the United States in response to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Asked if Americans should expect new recommendations from…

UK: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie are expecting a second baby, British media reported on Saturday. Their first child, Wilfred, was born in April last year. Newspapers said Carrie told friends in a post…

UK: Early symptoms indicating a COVID-19 infection varies between age groups and also between men and women, new UK research has found. The study, which was published in 'The Lancet Digital Health' journal on Thursday, was…

Japan has expanded the state of emergency to three prefectures near Olympic host Tokyo and the western prefecture of Osaka, as COVID-19 cases spike in the capital and around the country, overshadowing the Summer Games. Japanese…

US: Governments around the world raced to head off a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant, with US President Joe Biden offering new incentives to vaccine holdouts and Israel authorizing booster shots. The World…

AFGHANISTAN: At least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash floods ravaged an area northeast of the capital Kabul, officials said on Thursday. A rescue operation was on to find the…

UK: A slice of one of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding cakes is up for auction 40 years after the nuptials watched around the world. The iced slice came from one of the 23 official wedding cakes marking the July 29,…