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Japan's new PM Kishida says virus fight 'top priority'
Kishida easily won Monday's vote in parliament to confirm him as prime minister
UK vows new pandemic support for workers
Protesters at the conference in Manchester, northwest England, accused the Conservatives of abandoning the poor.
Uptick in new US unemployment benefit claims slows
Claims are a closely-watched metric of labor market health, and shot into the millions when the pandemic broke out in the United States in March 2020.
UK risks social crisis as jobs support scheme ends
Britain's unemployment rate stands at 4.6 percent, down from a pandemic-peak of 5.2 percent at the end of last year.
From mines to Covid: Cambodia dogs train to sniff out virus
Other countries deploying dogs in the fight against Covid include Ecuador and Italy
Family Of Deceased COVID-19 Patient Allegedly Attacks Police After Rejected Hospital Visit
Two officers and three security guards were treated for non-life-threatening injuries following the altercation
United Airlines to dismiss 593 workers who refused vaccines
More than 99 percent of the remaining US staff complied with the requirement
Biden says US donating 'historic' extra 500 million Covid vaccines
On Tuesday, in his first speech to the United Nations as president, Biden told delegates that Washington had put more than $15 billion towards the global Covid response.
Shock in Germany after cashier shot dead in mask row
Germany's "Querdenker" (Lateral Thinkers) movement has emerged as the loudest voice against the government's coronavirus curbs.
More Americans lost to Covid-19 than 1918 flu pandemic
Unlike today's influenzas, which impact children and the elderly the most, the 1918 flu caused unusually high mortality among young adults.
Virus lockdown end in sight for Australia's second-largest city
Restaurants and pubs will be allowed to reopen but only with a maximum of 50 fully vaccinated people seated outdoors
Brazil's Bolsonaro going to UN meet despite being unvaccinated
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he could not impose the requirement on heads of state.
US judge blocks use of Covid rules to expel migrant families
Sullivan issued a temporary injunction against blocking migrant families using the so-called Title 42 rule starting on September 30.
UK government raps Nicki Minaj over vaccine claims
Minaj shared a story about a cousin in Trinidad who refused to be vaccinated because of alleged side effects
France gets tough on vaccine rule for health workers
Despite appeals by French unions for leniency, the government has vowed to see the policy through.
UK to vaccinate over 12s against Covid
Over four in five adults across the UK have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, with over half of 16-17 year olds coming forward for their first jab.
Man neglects bedridden mother, lets her rot to death with open wounds
He also stopped taking her to the doctor's office two years ago "because of a personal fear of COVID-19."
Bangladesh schools reopen after 18-month Covid shutdown
In India, 80 percent of children aged 14-18 years said they learnt less than when they were in a physical classroom
Ten dead in fire at Covid hospital in North Macedonia
Fire services were alerted to the blaze at around 1900 GMT, and it took about 45 minutes to extinguish.
EU budget battle looms, as economy lifts out of crisis
In the 19 states that use the euro single currency, the average debt is expected to reach 102 percent of GDP at the end of the year.
Covid has 'devastating' impact on fight against HIV, TB, malaria: Global Fund
The fund calculated that around 4.7 million people were treated for TB in 2020, around one million fewer than in 2019.
Africa Covid death toll tops 200,000
The total number of infections is also likely to be an under-estimate, given insufficient testing capacity in Africa.
In world first, Cuba starts Covid jabs for toddlers
The Cuban vaccines, the first developed in Latin America, have not undergone international, scientific peer review.
Brazil vs Argentina clash abandoned following Covid controversy
Four players were accused of failing to disclose that they had spent time in the United Kingdom in the 14 days prior to their arrival in Brazil.
In Covid-swamped Texas, patients die stranded in rural clinics
Texas is providing these uber-busy rural hospitals with respirators, oxygen and other means of stabilizing their patients.
'Silent crisis' looms as US to end Covid aid for millions of jobless
While never meant to be permanent, the benefits were reauthorized twice, most recently in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan enacted by President Joe Biden
Man urinates on Dairy Queen counter after being asked to wear mask [VIDEO]
He was allegedly told by staff to leave the store after he refused to wear a mask
WHO monitoring new Coronavirus variant named 'Mu'
The WHO currently identifies four Covid-19 variants of concern, including Alpha, which is present in 193 countries, and Delta, present in 170 countries.
WHO sounds alarm over rising Covid deaths in Europe
Only six percent of people in lower and lower-middle income countries in Europe are fully vaccinated
Dad allegedly slits kids' throats, drinks poison with wife in suicide pact
The man and his son died on the spot, while his wife and daughter were hospitalized in critical condition