The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from the British company AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use. WHO data showed that the vaccine meets the necessary safety criteria and that its effectiveness outweighs the risks. "We now have everything we need to...

Italy's new government led by Mario Draghi has been sworn in. The ceremony, featuring the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, was broadcast on the YouTube channel of the presidential Palace. The new cabinet included 23 ministers. Of these, nine are without portfolio. A number of ministers...

The television and radio regulator of China has banned the broadcasting of the British television news network BBC World News in the country this week. The television channel has been barred from telecasting any reports on coronavirus pandemic and the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs in...

Mutations of the coronavirus will not trigger a new pandemic, but vigilance must be maintained. This opinion was expressed by Hans Kluge, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais. According to Kluge, the emergence...

The novel coronavirus “most likely” first originated in animal prior to getting spread among humans, claimed an international team of scientists led by the World Health Organization. The team of scientists also dismissed the theories that the disease Covid-19 had been leaked or accidentally gone...

Amid the pandemic, rents in UK city centres have fallen while rents in some smaller towns and suburbs have risen. These are the findings of analysts at UK property sales and lettings website Rightmove. The strongest decline in rents over the year was noted in central London - down 12.4% to £2,200...

The world has entered its worst economic crisis in a century as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This was the view expressed by UN Secretary General António Guterres in a speech at the Davos Agenda event. "More than 2 million people have died and we are in the worst economic crisis in a...

After New Zealand confirmed that its first case of Covid-19 infection in months was because of the South African variant of the virus,  a travel bubble with the country was suspended by its closest neighbour Australia.   The individual who has been infected had spent a 14 day quarantine...

New Yorkers renting flats in the city have owed more than $1 billion in rent since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing a study conducted by the group Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP). The study focused on New York City buildings...