Macron takes to TikTok to push COVID vaccines

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday took to TikTok and Instagram to try counter misinformation about vaccines following the th...

US Senator Lindsey Graham tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON: Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham revealed on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, has f...

US will not lock down despite surge driven by Delta variant, Fauci says

The United States will not lock down again to curb Covid-19 but “things are going to get worse” as the Delta variant fuels a surge in cases,...

Britain to offer vaccine booster shots for 32 million next month: report

Britain will offer COVID-19 booster vaccines to 32 million Britons starting early next month with up to 2,000 pharmacies set to deliver the ...

‘Powerless and angry’: Japan’s anti-Olympic activists fight on

TOKYO: Kai Koyama was standing outside Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium as fireworks burst overhead during the opening ceremony but unlike many of th...

Belarus athlete enters Poland’s embassy in Tokyo after refusing to return home

A Belarusian athlete at the centre of an Olympic standoff with her own country walked into Poland’s embassy in Japan on Monday, a day after ...

Thousands more Afghans can resettle in US as refugees, says State Department

WASHINGTON: Thousands of more Afghans will have the opportunity to resettle as refugees in the United States under a new program announced b...