#France is broadening its #Covid-19 #vaccination rollout to firefighters and aid workers aged over 50, Health Minister Olivier Véran said on Tuesday following outrage over the government’s slow start in one of the...
Coronavirus pandemic: Tourists exempt from rules as Turkey enters lockdown
Turkey on Friday implemented a weekend lockdown, forcing all citizens and residents to stay home from 9 p.m. on Friday through 5 a.m. on Monday. But tourists are exempt from this curfew. Despite being one of the hardest...
Germany set to extend hard lockdown as daily deaths mount
#Germany‘s disease control center on Tuesday reported 944 more #Covid-19 deaths, fueling expectations that Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 state governors will extend the country’s...
Saudi Arabia to reopen borders and airspace to Qatar, Kuwait says
#SaudiArabia will reopen its borders and airspace to #Qatar, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Monday, more than three years after Riyadh sealed both and led an alliance to isolate Doha.
Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes S. Korean-flagged tanker
#Iran on Monday said it started enriching #uranium up to 20% purity at its Fordow facility, in its biggest breach of a 2015 #nuclear deal threshold as state media acknowledged that Tehran seized a South Korean-flagged...
In Georgia, Trump says he’ll ‘fight like hell’, Biden promises ‘new day’ with Senate runoffs
President-elect Joe #Biden and outgoing President Donald #Trump held dueling rallies in #Georgia on Monday to persuade supporters to turn out on Tuesday for runoff #US Senate elections that will determine the balance of...
Kenya reopens schools after 10-month virus closure
Millions of #Kenyan pupils returned to #school on Monday for the first time since classes were dismissed 10 months earlier due to the #coronavirus pandemic. Mask-wearing students had their temperatures checked before...