New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations
New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts ...
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US campaign to vaccinate young children off to sluggish start
The United States rushed millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses for children ages 5 to 11 across the nation, but demand for inoculations for younger kids has been low, more than a dozen ...
WHO: People with health issues or inactivated vaccine should get booster
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) vaccine advisory panel recommends that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated vaccine should receive a booster dose of a Covid-19 shot, it ...
France says will fight for every UK fishing licence as European deadline looms
A day ahead of a European deadline, France said it was still waiting for Britain to approve nearly 100 licences for its fishermen to operate in UK territorial waters and off ...
Armoured dinosaur wielded a tail resembling an Aztec war club
More than half a millennium ago, Aztec warriors brandished a weapon called a macuahuitl, a wooden club with jagged obsidian blades embedded on its sides, to inflict gruesome wounds on ...
Spurs game against Rennes called off due to Covid-19
Tottenham Hotspur’s home Europa Conference League game against Rennes on Thursday has been called off due to the number of coronavirus cases in the Spurs squad, the Premier League ...
French warplanes tracked by Russian fighters over Black Sea
Two French warplanes and a refuelling aircraft were being tracked on Thursday by two Russian fighter jets in international air space over the Black Sea, the second such interaction this ...
Toothless Barca crash out of Champions League with 3-0 loss at Bayern
Barcelona crashed out of the Champions League following a 3-0 defeat at Bayern Munich on Wednesday, failing to make it past the group stage of the competition for the first ...
Acting now on Covid will help avoid lockdown later, Britain’s Javid says
Britain‘s decision to impose restrictions to slow the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant will likely avoid the need to impose much tougher controls in the new year, Health ...
New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations
New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts ...
Finland’s PM was at nightclub after being exposed to Covid — reports
Two Finnish ministers, including Prime Minister Sanna Marin, shrugged off recommendations over the weekend to avoid close contacts with other people after being exposed to COVID-19, according to several media ...
Chelsea lose top spot after 3-3 draw at Zenit
Champions League holders Chelsea finished as Group H runners-up after conceding a stoppage-time equaliser in a pulsating 3-3 draw at Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday.
The result left Chelsea second ...
Johnson imposes Covid-19 ‘Plan B’ in England to contain Omicron
By Kate Holton and Andy Bruce
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed tougher COVID-19 restrictions in England on Wednesday, ordering people to work from home, wear masks in public places ...
Pfizer says vaccine neutralises Omicron with three shots (updated)
By Ludwig Burger and Michael Erman
BioNTech and Pfizer said on Wednesday a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was able to neutralise the new Omicron variant in a laboratory ...
UK PM Johnson aide resigns over lockdown party comments
An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has quit after a video surfaced of her laughing and joking about a party in Downing Street during a Christmas COVID-19 lockdown ...
Turks wait in line for cheap bread as inflation eats into earnings
As the lira’s plunge in value and surging inflation erode Turks’ earnings, many people in Istanbul have taken to waiting in line for the municipality’s cheap bread as ...
Brazil soccer legend Pele hospitalized again to treat colon tumor
Brazilian soccer legend Pele was hospitalized to undergo treatment for a colon tumor, Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein said on Wednesday, adding that he is in stable condition and ...
Amazon’s trucking ambitions bump up against driver shortage, competition
Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) push to recruit big-rig contractors to haul goods across its web of warehouses is colliding with a trucker shortage as the e-commerce company moves ...
India armed forces head among 13 dead in helicopter crash
The head of India’s armed forces, General Bipin Rawat, was among 13 people killed on Wednesday when the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed, the air force said.
They ...
EU seeks to deter economic coercion with new trade defence
The European Commission set out plans on Wednesday to retaliate against countries that put economic pressure on EU members to change their policies, while stressing the main purpose was deterrent.
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France frees man who was held over suspected Khashoggi link
The Saudi man arrested at a Paris airport over suspected links to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was released on Wednesday after officials concluded it was a case of ...
COP26 drives record $2 bln inflows into UK-based ESG funds in November
UK-based environmental, social and governance (ESG) equity funds saw a record 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) in inflows in November as COP26 climate talks spurred investor interest in sustainability, according to funds ...
Britain could implement Covid -19 ‘plan B’ as early as Thursday
Britain could implement tougher Covid -19 measures, including advice to work from home, as early as Thursday in a bid to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of the ...
Scientists cannot agree to what degree Pfizer vaccine can protect against Omicron, if at all
The Omicron variant can partially evade protection from two doses of Pfizer and partner BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, the research head of a laboratory at the Africa Health Research Institute ...