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Greece will loosen some lockdown restrictions on Monday, letting retail shops and hair salons reopen for the first time in more than two months after signs that pressure on the public health system from COVID19 is easing, officials said on Friday.

Britain recorded 55,761 new cases of COVID19 on Friday, an increase on the 48,682 cases recorded the previous day, as the number of infections rises despite hopes that lockdowns across the country could start to help push rates down.

Pfizer's reduction of its COVID19 vaccine shipments comes as Canada battles a surge in cases, though the country's procurement minister said on Friday the overall goal of getting most people inoculated by the end of September stands.

South African scientists have discovered chemical compounds that could potentially be used for a new line of drugs to treat malaria and even kill the parasite in its infectious stage, which most available drugs do not.

The family of Libyan Abdel Basset alMegrahi, the only person to be convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing which killed 270 people, have lost a posthumous appeal in a Scottish court on Friday, their lawyer said.

India plans to purchase millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses and supply them to Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Seychelles and Mauritius.

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss at least 10 games and 24 days after the team placed him on longterm injured reserve Thursday because of an unspecified illness.

Vaccines could be ready for Chicago-based staff as soon as mid-February, and possibly sooner in New York, though American is not requiring them, said Jennifer Saddy, managing director of absence management who is part of the team leading American’s vaccin...

The Trump administration on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Chinese officials over Beijing's increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea. The penalties are yet another Trump administration move that may make Presidentelect Joe Biden's diplomacy with...

While key elements will remain traditional, many events will be downsized and “re-imagined” to better adapt the celebration to a nation battling the coronavirus. Here’s a guide to the event.

National Guard soldiers in body armor and camouflage spent the night inside the Capitol, their black rifles leaning against the polished stone walls of the building's halls.

Snyder faces two misdemeanor charges that carry a penalty of up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine, an online court record showed.

Denmark on Wednesday extended hard lockdown measures by at least three weeks to limit the spread of the coronavirus, in particular a more transmissible variant of the virus that is spreading in the Nordic country.

Namibia has been hit by another outbreak of highly contagious foot and mouth disease after the detection of infected cattle in the northern regions of Oshana and Ohangwena, the ministry of agriculture said on Wednesday.

Turkey will begin countrywide COVID19 vaccinations on Thursday beginning with health workers, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday shortly after Sinovac's vaccine was granted emergency authorisation.

One of Italy's largestever mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday with more than 330 suspected mobsters and their associates facing an array of charges, including extortion, drug trafficking and theft.