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China has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO wants to audit laboratories in the area the virus was first identified. But Zeng Yixin,…

US: In its largest-ever crisis response, the World Bank has deployed over USD 157 billion to fight the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, economic and social fronts over the last 15 months. This represents an increase of…

SWITZERLAND: Climate change has dramatically altered the Swiss Alp landscape -- at a quicker pace than expected -- as melting glaciers have created more than 1,000 new lakes across in the mountains, a study published Monday showed.…

US: The wealthiest man on the planet Jeff Bezos said the “most profound” aspect of his brief journey to space was the spectacular view he saw of Earth, which left him amazed by its beauty and fragility. “Every astronaut who’s…

US: US President Joe Biden on Monday toned down his comments about Facebook after accusing it of “killing people” by not stopping COVID vaccine misinformation, but he still urged the world’s largest social network to do more. “We…

UK: Antibody levels remain high nine months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic, according to a study published on Monday that analysed data from an entire Italian town.…

INDONESIA: Indonesia, Iran and France were suffering alarming surges in COVID-19 cases yesterday, as Governments raced to vaccinate populations in a bid to outpace the highly-contagious Delta variant wreaking havoc across the globe.…

Israeli scientists say they have identified three existing drugs that have good prospects as COVID-19 treatments, reporting that they illustrated high ability to fight the virus in lab tests. They placed the substances with live…

As Covid-19 case numbers overall are on the rise again across the United States, breakthrough infections, while rare, are making headlines. Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan tested positive for Covid-19 after vaccination, according to a…

If Joe Biden’s July Fourth fireworks marked a moment to declare the darkest days of the pandemic over, Monday was the day when reality dawned that the nation’s fight against Covid-19 is quickly sliding back in the wrong direction.…