A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 15 patients early Saturday, as the country grappling with the worst outbreak yet steps up a vaccination drive for all its adults even though some states say don't have enough jabs.
More than 90 people were found in a house in southwestern Houston that investigators suspect was part of a human smuggling operation, police said Friday.
Several thousand music fans on Friday became the first people in Britain in more than a year to legally dance, drink and listen to music in a nightclub as part of a test to see whether physical distancing measures can be eased without triggering new coronavirus outbreaks.
The White House cited a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in India and the emergence of potentially dangerous coronavirus variants.
A powerful suicide truck bombing struck a guest house in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 14 people and wounding as many as 90, the Interior Ministry said.
Anxiety — not a problem with the shots — that caused reactions in dozens of people at coronavirus vaccine clinics in five states, U.S. health officials have concluded.
Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data they say would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again on Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a humanitarian crisis.
Italian authorities say the inspections ensure naval safety. But humanitarian rescuers say the constant checks and bureaucratic delays are just the latest tactic Italy is using to keep such humanitarian boats from bringing migrants to a Europe that doesn't want them.
As Russia’s confrontation with the West deepens, domestic critics of President Vladimir Putin say they’re paying a heavy price. Activists with pro-Western leanings are being arrested and jailed and journalists say they are facing intimidation.
