GENEVA, Switzerland – Restrictions some countries have introduced in response to China's Covid-19 surge are "understandable", given the lack of information from Beijing, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (AFP/File) WHO chief Tedros...
BEIJING, China – The United States joined nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases, but the EU's health agency said Thursday such measures weren't warranted in the bloc. A health worker takes a swab sample from a...
US President Joe Biden (AFP/File) SAINT CROIX, United States – President Joe Biden on Thursday signed off on a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the US government funded through the next fiscal year -- notably including another big package for Ukraine's war effort. Biden,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The death toll from a fierce winter storm that gripped much of the United States over Christmas rose to at least 61 on Thursday, officials said. A gigantic snow pile is seen in front of Central Terminal in Buffalo, New York, on December 29, 2022. The death toll from a...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- British experts on Wednesday said 2022 was set to be the UK's warmest on record after a year of heatwaves and minimal rainfall. The findings come as communities across the globe reel from a catalogue of extreme weather this year including soaring temperatures and drought...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States -- Twitter users around the world reported errors accessing it for several hours, web monitors said Wednesday, in one of the biggest outages since Elon Musk bought the platform. Twitter has been riven by chaos since the controversial billionaire completed his $44...
MOSCOW, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin has gifted eight golden rings to Moscow-allied leaders of post-Soviet countries, sparking a torrent of jokes and comparisons with power-hungry tyrant Sauron from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. During a summit that took place in Saint Petersburg on Monday...
Stranded Southwest Airlines passengers looks for their luggage in the baggage claim area at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on December 28, 2022. The perfect storm of fierce snow squalls, howling wind and sub-zero temperatures forced the cancellation of thousands of...
HOUSTON, United States -- It was a rescue worthy of Batman. A wave of frigid air triggered "hypothermic shock" in a colony of bats clinging to their roost beneath a bridge in Houston, a sprawling city in Texas. Nearly frozen, the bats began losing their grip and falling to the pavement from nine...
Rescue workers lower people to the ground as a fire rages at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet on December 29, 2022. As many as 10 people have died in a fire in a Cambodian hotel-casino on the border of Thailand, police said December 29. (STR / AFP) POIPET, Cambodia -- As many as 10...
PARIS, France - An explosion of Covid-19 cases in China as the country lifts its zero-Covid measures could create a "potential breeding ground" for new variants to emerge, health experts warn. China announced this week that incoming travelers would no longer have to quarantine from January 8, the...
A passenger wearing protective gear is seen at a train station in Beijing on December 28, 2022. Noel CELIS / AFP BEIJING, China -- The United States is the latest in a growing number of countries to impose restrictions on visitors from China after Beijing abruptly removed a major impediment to...
