PHILIPSBURG, St. Martin: Norwegian Cruise Line canceled, mid-voyage, a ten-day Caribbean cruise on the Norwegian Gem due to COVID-19, leaving travelers stranded in port.The ship is docked in Philipsburg, St. Martin until it returns to New York."As we continue to navigate the fluid public health environment, while focusing on delivering a safe experience for all on board, we made the difficult decision t

Norwegian cancels Caribbean cruise mid-voyage due to COVID-19

Norwegian cruise canceled mid-trip, awaits return to New York

Norwegian Caribbean cruise remains in St. Martin as cruise canceled

PIEDMONT, Italy: Earlier this month, a case of African swine fever, which can be deadly to pigs but harmless to humans, was detected in a wild boar in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.The discovery triggered concern among Italian pork producers over the possibility of significant economic damage and postponed the official seasons to hunt for game and gather prized truffles.With their meat commonly

Worried Italian pork industry says wild boars source of swine fever

Wild boars seen as source of swine fever in Italy

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DUBLIN, Ireland: Ireland reports the first decrease in hospital admissions since the surge in the Omicron Delta virus.Health officials said the number of coronavirus patients in Irish hospitals fell week-on-week for the first time since the start of the spread of the Omicron variant.In December,  patients infected with Omicron caused a record high number of hospitalizations.However, with hospital

For first time, Omicron admissions fall in Ireland hospitals

Irish officials hopeful as Omicron hospital admissions fall

Ireland health officials report drop in Omicron hospital admissions

KARACHI, Pakistan - According to National Command and Operation's Centre (NCOC) data, Pakistan's positivity rate increased to 8.16 percent on Saturday morning. It's the highest since August 11, when 52,522 tests were done across the country in the preceding 24 hours, up from 7.36 percent the day before.The total number of cases has risen to 1.32 million following the discovery of additional infections. In contra

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WARSAW, Poland: Poland has emerged as the most recent country in Europe to have reported 100,000 fatalities linked to COVID-19, occurring at a time when the country gears up for a Covid Omicron spike.Almost one-quarter of these fatalities, or some 24,000, were reported during the latest COVID-19 wave, which began in October.Adam Niedzielski, Poland's minister of health, announced on January 11 that 493 

Poland has reached 100,000 Covid-related deaths

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Poland joins other EU countries with 100,000 Covid-related deaths

BRUSSELS, Belgium: Based on the 7 million new cases reported across Europe in the first week of 2022, the World Health Organization has warned that half of Europe will contract the Omicron Covid variant in the next six to eight weeks."Today, the Omicron variant represents a new west-to-east tidal wave, sweeping across the region on top of the Delta surge that all countries were managing until late 2021," the EU

Half of Europe to be infected with Omicron, warns WHO

Massive Omicron spread in Europe within weeks, warns WHO

Omicron to infect half of Europe in weeks, says WHO

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that his first year in office has seen "challenges" as well as 'progress' as he held his first news conference at the White House in 2022.Biden, speaking at a news conference to mark his one-year anniversary in office, began by touting some of the successes his administration has seen in the past year. But once he began taking questions from the White 

Biden Sums Up First Year; Ukraine Among Prime Topics

STATE DEPARTMENT - Here's a look at what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top diplomats have been doing this week:US, Russia, UkraineThe United States will continue relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent Russia from further military aggression against Ukraine while providing defensive security assistance to Kyiv, Blinken said Wednesday.'We've offered Russia a clea

State Department Recap: January 13-19, 2022

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that his first year in office has seen "challenges" as well as "enormous" progress as he held his first news conference at the White House in 2022.Biden, speaking at a news conference to mark his one-year anniversary in office, began by touting some of the successes his administration has seen in the past year. But once he began taking questions from t

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The billionaire calls for massive government investments to prepare for potential outbreaks that could be deadlier than Covid-19Software magnate Bill Gates has raised the specter of future viruses that could be more lethal than Covid-19, saying rich countries should ramp up vaccine funding to brace for potentially catastrophic outbreaks.The Microsoft co-founder made his comments while ann

Bill Gates warns of worse pandemics in future

NEW YORK - A new study in two states that compares coronavirus protection from a prior infection and vaccination concludes that getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19.The study examined infections in New York and California last summer and fall and found people who were both vaccinated and had survived a prior bout of COVID-19 had the most protection.But unvaccinated people with a p

CDC: Prior Infection Plus Vaccines Provide Best COVID Protection

Australia's position in the international higher education market weakened significantly while our border was closed over the past two years. But recent demand and application data suggest our position may be strengthening since the border re-opening was announced in November. <a href="https://minister.homeaffairs.

Border opening spurs rebound in demand from international students

London [UK], January 20 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (local time) announced the end of COVID-19 measures including mandatory face masks in England.
"Our scientists believe that is likely that Omicron wave has now peaked nationally. From now on, Govt is no longer asking people to work from home," he said.
Johnson further said that the UK was the first nation in the world to administer a vaccine,

UK PM Johnson rolling back COVID-19 measures including mandatory face masks

The state's Department of Health placed the official on leave after he called his employees? low vaccination rate ?pathetic? and urged them to get the jab.The Florida Department of Health has suspended one of its top officials over an email in which he criticized his employees for their vaccine hesitancy. The department is probing whether his email amounted to "coercion."Orange County Med

Florida official placed on leave over backing vaccines at work

CAPE TOWN - South African-born U.S. billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have cut the ribbon Wednesday at a new vaccine manufacturing plant. It is hoped the facility will soon start making Africa's first locally produced COVID-19 vaccines, as well as cancer vaccines and other pharmaceuticals.A crowd of ceremony participants cheered as Dr. Soon-Shiong and President Ramaphosa

US Billionaire Opens COVID, Cancer Vaccine Plant in South Africa

By Shalini BhardwajNew Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) subject expert committee (SEC) has recommended the regular market approval to Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech for their COVID-19 vaccines Covaxin and Covishield with conditions for the adult population.
According to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), "SEC of CDSCO has recommended for the

SEC recommends regular market approval to Covaxin, Covishield for adults

Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): The first case of the Omicron variant in China was traced back to an international document received from Canada, according to the Beijing health authorities that suggested people to reduce purchasing of overseas commodities.
The document was found to have similar strains from those in North America and Singapore and the traces of the Omicron Variant was detected on the outer package, in

China traced back its first Omicron case to a document from Canada

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Delhi reported 13,785 new COVID cases and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to the health bulletin of the Delhi government, the active number of COVID patients in the city reached 75,282. Out of these, 58,501 patients are in home isolation and 2,624 are admitted to hospitals.
Meanwhile, 16,580 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Among the total hospitalized 

Delhi reports 13,785 new COVID cases, 35 deaths in last 24 hrs

Low performance of antigen tests makes it difficult to evaluate the real scale of Omicron spread in schoolsRapid Covid-19 tests have demonstrated low effectiveness in detecting the virus in children, a team of British and German researchers has said, casting doubt on school testing programs.Scientists from the University of Manchester and Germany's Institute for Quality and Efficiency in 

Study casts doubt on effectiveness of Covid testing at schools

Genetic risk factor raises chances of experiencing Covid-induced loss of smell and taste by 11%Researchers have identified potential genetic risk factors that could explain why some people lose their sense of smell and taste after being infected with Covid-19. The two signature symptoms are thought to arise after the virus damages infected cells in the nasal cavity.The cells, which are pa

Genes may explain two key Covid symptoms study

WASHINGTON - Tuesday started like any other day for Jindar Barakat. The reporter, who works part time at a currency exchange, was opening up the store in the northeastern Syrian city of Al-Hasakah.But instead of customers, masked men in military uniform filled the store.'They were probably five men, all masked up,' Barakat said. 'Two of them captured me, while the rest started to search the store, seizing

Reporter Kidnapped, Beaten in Northeast Syria

New York [US], January 20 (ANI): India on Wednesday at the UN Security Council open debate on the Middle East, reiterated its firm and unwavering commitment to the peaceful resolution of the Palestine issue and supported a negotiated two-state solution.
Ambassador TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India at UN supported a negotiated two-state solution leading to the establishment of a sovereign, independent and via

India at UN reiterates for peaceful resolution of Israel-Palestine issue, supports two-state solution

&copy; Provided by Xinhua In the capital Ankara, more and more car users have started to leave their vehicles at home.ISTANBUL, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- With a surge in fuel prices in Turkey caused by a currency slump in 2021, peo

Soaring fuel prices force more Turks to leave cars at home

By Pushpesh PantNew Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): There's more to hamburgers than just being a junk food popular only with kids. Yes, you read it right. The patty in the bun that started its journey on a pushcart or kiosk in NY more than a century back has come a long way.
Today, in India, it is pushing gems from royal kitchens off the high table. Forget the Golden Arches that mass-produced (like T-Model Ford cars) the

2022 food trend: Hamburger in golden veil

A blast in southeast Turkey prompted the closure of a major oil pipelineA Turkish state-run petroleum firm has cut off the flow of oil from the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline following a mysterious explosion and the resulting blaze, with the aftermath reportedly caught in images circulating online.The explosion rocked a section of the pipeline in Turkey's southeastern province of Kahramanmaras on

Massive blast shuts down major oil pipeline

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