Brazil's Copacabana Beach was packed with tourists in the week leading up to New Year's Eve, despite the fast spread of a new COVID-19 variant that has curtailed new year events across the globe.
City...
Blazes continued to burn on Thursday night in the US state of Colorado after wind-fueled wildfires broke out near the city of Denver. An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center burned and tens of...
Foreigners arriving in Russia and staying for more than 90 days are to be fingerprinted and have regular mandatory medical checks, according to new legislation that came into force on Wednesday.
Anyone staying...
The omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly through Australia. The state with the most cases, New South Wales, reported more than 21,000 COVID cases and six deaths on Friday.
The Premier of...
Israel has approved a fourth vaccine dose for people most vulnerable to COVID-19, becoming one of the first countries to do so as it braces for a wave of infections fueled by the omicron variant.
The Director...
The Information Team of the State Administration Council issued an announcement for NCA-signatory ethnic armed organizations on December 30th.
It stated that the NLD extremists and their organized terrorist...
A Dutch zoo on Thursday welcomed a West Indian manatee calf, one of only 39 in all of Europe. The calf was born at the Royal Burgers' Zoo in Arhem and is currently living with its mother and father at the zoo...
Italian officials on Thursday displayed dozens of stolen artworks that have been recovered from around the world. Around 200 artworks were recovered in December after having been illegally traded to private...
Despite cancelled firework displays and tightened restrictions, some in Paris said Thursday that they don't expect the rapidly spreading omicron COVID-19 variant to impact their New Year's Eve celebrations...
Australia's national leaders signed off on a new, nationally-consistent definition of a COVID-19 close contact on Thursday.
National Cabinet leaders from all the states and territories agreed a close...