Turkey’s president says a plan on reopening cafes and restaurants, shut down for months, is to be announced soon. Turkey will begin a gradual return to...
Police in Cyprus have fired tear gas and used water cannon in rare skirmishes with protesters rallying against corruption and restrictions imposed over the coronavirus pandemic....
A Chinese woman from Beijing, who is the first vaccine recipient to be inoculated with the monovalent Gardasil 9 human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer,...
Protesters angry with coronavirus restrictions have staged rallies in a number of European cities, days after the Netherlands was rocked by anti-curfew riots. In Brussels, Belgian...
(Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Officials sought to ease concerns in Europe on Sunday about deliveries of coronavirus vaccines as nations across the world...
The announcement comes before a planned trip to Taiwan by the US ambassador to the UN that has drawn anger from China. The United States will...
Authorities recommend tighter restrictions on businesses and people’s movements in 28 provinces, including capital Bangkok. Health authorities in Thailand have recommended tougher restrictions on businesses and...
FILES) This file photo was taken on July 13, 2020, shows a woman walking past a closed liquor shop in Soweto. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa...
In this file photo taken on December 8, 2020 a member of staff draws the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine out of a phial at the Southmead Hospital,...
Beijing accuses Washington of ‘meddling’ in Hong Kong and interfering in China’s internal affairs after US sanctions 14 more Chinese officials. China has announced that it...
New rules include a curfew during the week and a full lockdown on weekends as daily COVID-19 cases surge. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced...
The Trump administration’s latest attempt to equate boycotts of Israel with anti-Semitism is part of a years-long push to criminalise criticism of Israel in the United...
Authorities say tougher distancing measures necessary to limit spread following recent triple-digit jumps in cases. South Korea will tighten physical distancing rules for Seoul and its...
Partial shutdown imposed in Tehran a week ago extended till October 16 as government announces new penalties. Iran has imposed additional restrictions for capital Tehran and...
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups in New York state are suing Governor Andrew Cuomo over new restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, saying the curbs are...
Regional government chief Isabel Diaz Ayuso opposed the restrictions, saying they would ravage the region’s economy. A Madrid court has struck down a government order imposing...
France reported 16,972 new coronavirus cases on Saturday alone, the highest daily number since the country began widespread testing. Authorities in Paris are likely to tighten...
Police in the German capital have ordered the dispersal of tens of thousands of protesters demonstrating against coronavirus restrictions after many marchers failed to keep social...
Amnesty International has said Angolan security forces tasked with enforcing coronavirus restrictions killed at least seven young men, including minors, between May and July. After a...
Australia’s Victoria state recorded its second-highest day of new coronavirus cases on Friday as it emerged that one in four people diagnosed with the disease could...
According to investigation, banks in the country are expected to take a big hit to revenues and face rising borrowing costs this year as the CBN...
Oil prices were unchanged on Friday, with trading marked by growing uncertainty about global recovery in fuel demand as new COVID-19 cases surge in several countries...
Oil prices eased on Thursday after OPEC and allies, such as Russia, agreed to taper record supply curbs from August, though the drop was cushioned by...
Child amputees return to the sport they love as coronavirus restrictions are lifted in Gaza. Source
The US Supreme Court has given Indiana a second chance to revive two restrictive abortion laws – one imposing an ultrasound requirement and the other expanding...
The Senegalese government has said it will it slightly ease a curfew and lift a ban on inter-regional travel after two nights of unrest against the...
The White House has announced a ban on travel to the United States from Brazil due to the spread of coronavirus in Latin America’s hardest-hit country. Press...
As the coronavirus pandemic rages in parts of Latin America, Costa Rica’s quick response to the outbreak has brought infection numbers down. And now football matches...
Madrid and Barcelona, Spain’s two largest cities, could remain under virtual lockdown as the rest of the country eases its way towards some semblance of normal...
A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as physical-distancing measures for quelling...
Jordan says it has lifted all restrictions on economic activity in the latest easing of coronavirus lockdown rules to help jump-start the cash-strapped economy. Jordan has...
Experts warn the current instability in the oil market may further damage the economy. Source
Malaysia will allow the majority of businesses to re-open from May 4, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a special televised address on Friday, easing restrictions...
Thai officials estimate that tourism, a mainstay of the country’s economy, could be down by 60 percent this year due to global coronavirus lockdowns and travel...
The governors of Michigan, Florida, Texas and other states outlined tentative steps on Friday to reopen their economies, a day after United States President Donald Trump...
President Trump has declared that COVID-19 restrictions could be lifted in up to 30 US states by the beginning of next month. He said he would...
As some countries in Europe ease movement control restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic, European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen urged member states to work...
Coronavirus-linked flight restrictions are hampering efforts to wipe out locust swarms on the verge of devastating crops in East Africa, according to the United Nations Food...
The United States might toughen movement restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus, with the country now reporting twice the number of cases as China where...
Bulgaria’s parliament has voted after a heated debate to allow the military to help curb the movement of people amid the coronavirus outbreak, with a mandate...
Greece has imposed restrictions on the movement of refugees and migrants living in overcrowded camps on its islands to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Over...
Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur. It is the morning of March 15. A summary...
Plans to contain coronavirus if it spreads, involving possible school closures, cancelling events and bringing NHS staff out of retirement, are to be set out by...
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