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NEW YORK: The United States was "underprepared" for "the greatest public health crisis that hit this nation in a century," a senior U.S. health official has...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand reported seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the New Zealand Ministry of Health said in a statement.

New York/ Geneva: The latest data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) revealed that 43 per cent of schools around the world lacked access...

Abu Dhabi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred on Thursday to reports on a peace agreement achieved between his country and the United Arab...

Abu Dhabi: The world’s first Phase III trials of an inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates have reached the 15,000 volunteers target...

Emergency services have been deployed to a major train derailment near the Scottish town of Stonehaven, 15 km (9 miles) south of the city of...

The UK on Wednesday officially fell into recession for the first time in 11 years. The economy collapsed by a record 20.4% in the second quarter, compared...

HONG KONG: Asia-Pacific countries are still fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic with an alarming resurgence of infections, as New Zealand resumed strict...

European Union foreign ministers are to meet on Friday to discuss the situation in Belarus, the bloc's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, announced on...

CAPE TOWN: The COVID-19 infection rate appears to be stabilizing in South Africa as fewer and fewer daily confirmed cases were reported, Health Minister...