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Police reinforcements arrived in the French Caribbean territory of Martinique on Tuesday to restore order after unrest that erupted over COVID19 measures, in particular the mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers, a government minister said.

Ecuador's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it would keep the country's border with Peru closed in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus' Omicron variant.

Britains spies must give up some of their deeprooted secrecy and seek help from tech firms to combat fastmoving cyber threats, the head of the U.Ks foreign intelligence agency says.

The twists, turns and oddities of the legal saga surrounding Jussie Smolletts claim in 2019 that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago have culminated in an actual trial, which enters its first full day of testimony Tuesday.

Prosecutors added a sixth intentional homicide count Monday against a Wisconsin man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee.

The WHO said it is in touch with researchers across the globe to better understand the nature of Omicron and new findings are likely to come soon.

A police officer in Maryland fatally shot a knifewielding man and later found a woman dead inside the same home, authorities in Anne Arundel County said Sunday.

Authorities in northern Mexico said Sunday that a drug gang was behind the shooting attack on a city hall that killed a feminist activist and a bodyguard.

The crisis on the Belarusian border, involving thousands of migrants from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere all hoping to get into the European Union, has dragged on for months.

The eastern state of New South Wales' health authority said it had conducted urgent genomic testing and confirmed the new strain was present in two passengers.

Federal authorities have taken into custody a 26yearold man who apparently stowed away in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines fight that arrived at Miami International Airport from Guatemala on Saturday morning.

Switzerland on Saturday widened quarantine requirements to stem the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant to travellers arriving from Britain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Egypt and Malawi, where cases have been detected, its health minist...

At least two people were killed and 18 injured in western Niger on Saturday when protesters clashed with a French military convoy they blocked after it crossed the border from Burkina Faso, Niger's government said.

The mutations in the Omicron variant are concerning we have been moving to execute our strategy to address this variant, said Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel.

Dutch health authorities said that dozens of people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa on Friday are likely infected with COVID19, and they are conducting further testing to see if people are infected with the recently discovered Om...

Nigeria has lifted restrictions on Emirates airline flights, the aviation minister said on Friday.