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PARIS: Jean Castex, a 55-year-old top civil servant not known to the French general public, was appointed new prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron to...

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has promised to launch a coronavirus vaccine for public health use latest by August 15 after the...

Hong Kong police made the first arrests under the new national security law, and fired water cannons and pepper spray at protesters on Wednesday — the...

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the planning and preparations for COVID-19 vaccine, said an...

BERLIN: German federal state Bavaria announced Tuesday that it has approved free COVID-19 tests for all citizens, the first state in Germany to do...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced a 5-billion-pound (about 6.2-billion-U.S. dollar) plan to fuel economic recovery in the...

BRUSSELS: The Council of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday adopted a recommendation to lift entry restrictions for residents of some third countries...

TOKYO: The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed on Tuesday 54 new COVID-19 infections, marking the fifth straight day new daily cases in the capital have...

WASHINGTON: Anthony Fauci, the US government's top infectious-diseases expert, said on Tuesday the country is "not in total control" of the...

SAN FRANCISCO: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) started Boeing 737 MAX recertification test flights on Monday, marking a major step toward the...