Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of Germany's 16 states agreed on Tuesday to extend COVID-19 restrictions until mid-February amid concerns that new mutations of the virus could trigger a surge in...
The European Union is urging member states to speed up the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure that at least 80% of the most vulnerable people to the virus — those over age 80 — are vaccinated by...
Responding to warnings of potentially violent demonstrations, governors across the nation are calling out National Guard troops, declaring states of emergency and closing their capitols to the public ahead of...
US President Donald Trump does not mention his successor, Democrat Joe Biden, by name in his farewell address. Trump refers to the "next" and "new" administration in the nearly 20-minute speech...
US President-elect Joe Biden's spokeswoman quickly dismissed Donald Trump's announcement on Monday that a Covid-19 ban on travelers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil would be lifted, underlining the...
Three regions of Bolivia have been declared under "red alert" due to heavy rains that have flooded neighborhoods, crops and forced the evacuation of dozens of families.
One person died Sunday in...
The completed "Field of Flags" display on the National Mall in Washington DC was lit up by powerful beacons on Monday.
The display was organised by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to mark the...
Tremors have continued hitting central Croatia after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on December 29 2020, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more. Several towns and villages were left in ruins,...
The head of the World Health Organization on Monday said it's "not right" that younger, healthier adults in rich countries get vaccinated against COVID-19 before older people in poorer countries....
An Australian health official said the country's borders unlikely to fully reopen this year even if most of the population was vaccinated. Secretary of Australia's Health Department Brendan Murphy said...