CORONAVIRUS

Pope heads to Budapest and Orban talks, then Slovakia

Canada's liberal PM takes aim at conservatives 10 days before ballot

Toyota cuts production further on virus issues, chip woes

Australian woman charged over fake coup plot

Climate change dominates elections in oil-rich Norway

In a 90-minute call, Biden warned against misunderstandings that could lead to confrontation between Washington and Beijing, the White House said, while Xi called for a new direction in a relationship beset by "serious difficulties."

Pfizer said that the side effects from a third vaccine jab were "similar to or better than" people had after their second dose of the vaccine.

Scandal-hit Malaysian surgical glove maker says US lifts ban

A study in Singapore found that the SinoVac shots produced much lower antibody levels than the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shots.

Messi breaks Pele record as Argentina rout Bolivia, Brazil stroll

Biden’s new stringent vaccine mandates would require more than 100 million Americans or two-thirds of the country’s workforce to get the shots. 

Officials in Mississippi reported that the seventh child to have died of COVID-19 in the state since August was under the age of 1.

Biden ramps up vaccine mandates in Covid battle

India eye historic series win over England after Covid all-clear

Office air quality affects workers' cognitive function, study shows

UN says Taliban-led Afghanistan needs funds to avoid collapse

ECB tweak not taper boosts eurozone stocks

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis filed an emergency appeal on Thursday to restore his ban on school mask mandates after a lower court judge allowed school districts to continue allowing mandatory masking for returning children.

England-India fifth Test to go ahead after negative PCR results

Howard Stern believes unvaccinated people are delaying the country’s fight against COVID-19.

Biden is facing growing pressure within his Democratic party to remove Jerome Powell from the helm of the American central bank at a key moment for the economy.