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Firefighters to withdraw from S.African Parliament as blaze contained
There have been 300 firefighters working in shifts to contain the fire with over 60 fire engine vehicles since its outbreak, according to Parliament,...
Global Covid caseload tops 297 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 57,649,131 and 832,061, according to the CSSE.
Covid infections surge in European countries as Omicron spreads
Despite vaccination campaigns and anti-pandemic measures including closures and lockdowns, the peak of new infections has yet to come in some European...
Germany reports continuing surge in Covid infections
Covid-19 infections with the Omicron variant increased by 7,027 within one day, or 20 per cent, to a total of 42,556, RKI said. More than 19,000 of...
Sri Lanka to start vaccinating children aged 12-15 against Covid
Health officials said the children will be administered the Pfizer doses.
UK reports more than 190,000 daily Covid cases
The figure for the week ending December 31 was up from 2.3 million in the week to December 23. It marked the highest number since comparable figures...
Russia reports 15,772 daily Covid cases
Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 2,307 new cases, taking its total to 2,040,649. The Russian capital was followed by St....
6 rockets hit Iraqi military airbase housing US advisers
Earlier in the day, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi called the attacks on Iraqi military bases "absurd," stressing the end of the combat...