The US and France have reported their highest daily rises in new Covid cases since the pandemic began, as the Omicron variant continues to spread. According to the US Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) the country reported ...
France has announced tighter Covid restrictions amid concerns over the Omicron variant. From 3 January, remote working will become compulsory for those who can and public gatherings will be limited to 2,000 people for indoor even...
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, communities are giving thanks by giving back. From Arizona to Massachusetts, things like donated turkeys are being handed out to fill Thanksgiving Day tables. In Mansfield, Massachusetts, on...
A man accused of ramming a car into Christmas parade-goers in Wisconsin on Sunday is to be charged with six deaths after another victim - a child - died. Darrell Brooks, 39, wept as he was arraigned in court with five counts of i...
IBM has unveiled an advanced "quantum" processor that is part of an effort to build super-fast computers. These machines could revolutionise computing, harnessing the strange world of quantum physics to solve problems beyond reach ...
CDC recommends 4th booster shot for immunocompromised...
House committee investigating Jan. 6 riot moves to vote on Bannon...
About 3,000 health workers in France have been suspended because they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. A new rule, which came into force on Wednesday, made vaccination mandatory for the country's 2.7 million health, car...
North Korea has tested a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting much of Japan, state media said on Monday. The weekend tests saw missiles travelling up to 1,500km (930 miles), the official KCNA news agency said. ...
British author Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction for her second novel Piranesi. The fantasy work is the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed 2004 debut Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Piranesi...
America’s longest war comes to an end 20 years later...
School board meetings become hotbed for mask mandate debates...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Greg Ryken showed up to his favorite lunch spot in San Francisco on Friday with an appetite and his vaccination record in hand. A manager at Sam's Grill and Seafood restaurant verified he was fully vaccinated against COVID-1...
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The Food and Drug Administration is planning to authorize a third shot for the immune-compromised on Thursday, two sources familiar with the plans confirmed to ABC News. If the FDA green-lights the additional shots -- first reporte...
Sylvester Stallone to join comic classic 'Suicide Squad'...
The Australian Olympic track and field team is going into quarantine after they had contact with someone on the U.S. team whotested positive for COVID-19, the Australian Olympic Committee confirmed early Thursday. \\\\\\\\"Members of Au...
Simone Biles pulls out of Olympics gymnastics competition...
Olympic hopefuls denied chance to compete due to COVID-19 restrictions...
The US military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base's new commander said. General Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 03:00 loc...