Stores, malls, and restaurants to shut early in Egypt for two weeks, including Eid, as Cairo battles resurgent Covid-19
Egypt’s prime minister has announced a new set of Covid-19 restrictions that will run for…More
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India’s top court gives govt till Thursday morning to provide plan on supplying Delhi hospitals with oxygen amid shortages
India’s highest court has set a strict deadline for officials to devise a plan for…More
‘Global reset’ needed to fight future pandemics, as creation of WHO research hub announced
A “global reset” is needed to fight future pandemics, Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn told…More
Italian-German Europol operation detains 31 mafia suspects over drug trafficking and money laundering
Europol has announced the arrests in an international operation with German and Italian authorities, as…More
Norway to introduce Covid-19 vaccine certificates to attend events, before EU-compatible version rolled out
The Norwegian prime minister has said the country will bring in Covid vaccine passports, which…More
Red Cross warns ‘Covid variants are running rampant across Asia’ as India’s crisis spills over into neighbor Nepal
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has warned Nepal’s health system…More
‘Less democratic’ Asian nations satisfied with govt Covid response as public opinion in Europe suffers ‘severe downturn’ – study
People’s satisfaction with the Covid-19 response in “more democratic” Europe has “dropped sharply” in 2021…More
Signal messenger takes aim at Instagram’s ‘hazy’ user data policies with SUPER-SPECIFIC ad campaign, gets its ad account blocked
Encrypted messaging app Signal was kicked off Instagram’s ad platform after running a series of…More
Myanmar’s anti-coup government establishes the ‘People’s Defence Force’ to protect civilians from army
Myanmar’s National Unity Government has said that it is setting up the People’s Defence Force,…More
French parliament’s law committee approves Covid-19 passports for large gatherings, as MPs raise concerns over ‘discrimination’
A key committee in France’s parliament has given the green light for the so-called Covid-19…More