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Pfizer asks US to authorize Covid pill

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US pharmaceutical company Pfizer on Tuesday asked regulators to authorize its Covid pill after it…

New York to welcome back crowds to Times Square on New Year’s Eve

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- New York City will allow crowds into Times Square on New Year's Eve to…

Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making $1,000 profit every second: analysis

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute from their highly…

Delhi shuts schools as government considers ‘pollution lockdown’

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said…

Heavy rains force evacuations, trap motorists in Canada

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Relentless rain battered Canada's Pacific coast on Monday, forcing a town's evacuation and trapping motorists as…

Austria locks down unvaccinated as Europe fights fresh Covid wave

by Julia ZAPPEI and Blaise GAUQUELIN VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria on Monday became the first country in the European…

Air pollution in Europe still killing 300,000 a year: report

  by Camille BAS-WOHLERT Agence France Presse COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have…

Israel greenlights vaccinations for 5-11 year olds

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel gave the green light Sunday to start vaccinating children aged between five and 11 against Covid-19…

Three dead in fire on coronavirus ward in Bulgaria

  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- Three patients died in a fire that broke out early Sunday on a coronavirus ward…

Covid pandemic speeds up in Europe, Latin America

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Covid-19 pandemic continued to pick up speed across Europe this week and also began…

WHO urges more targeted vaccination as Covid cases surge in Europe

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- As Covid-19 cases balloon again in Europe, the World Health Organization called Friday for more…

Africa diabetes cases to soar: WHO

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Africa is set to see diabetes cases more than double to 55 million by 2045,…

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