As the Omicron variant takes hold worldwide, the World Health Organisation(WHO) said that "no country can boost its way out of the pandemic". "Boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with planned celebrations, without the need for other precautions," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead, says WHO chief Tedros amid Omicron threat

A new kind of chip shortage has hit Japanese supply chains, with McDonald's forced to ration fries in the country as Covid-19 and floods in Canada squeeze potato imports.

Now, supply chain disruption hits McDonald's in Japan; French fries take a hit

In a startling disclosure, the US Secret Service has reportedly said that at least $100 billion has been stolen from coronavirus relief programmes in the United States.

US Secret Service reveals billions stolen from COVID-19 relief funds

Stepping onto a podium in heavy boots and military fatigues at a ceremony outside Moscow, six teenagers accepted awards for an increasingly important discipline in Russia: patriotism.

How the Kremlin is militarizing Russian society

UK on Wednesday reported 106,122 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the Omicron variant continues to surge in the country. It is the highest number of daily COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Omicron alert: UK records over 100,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

The Biden administration on Wednesday took steps to ease the pressure that sanctions on the Taliban are having on Afghanistan, as the combination of the pandemic, a severe drought, the loss of foreign aid and frozen currency reserves have left the country’s fragile economy on the brink of collapse.

US eases pressure of sanctions on Afghanistan

Joe Biden has been the US president for more than 300 days. In all these days he oversaw the botch-up in Afghanistan as American forces were pushed out by the Taliban.

Biden's agenda: Picking wealthy donors as envoys

Singapore will freeze the sale of tickets for arriving flights and buses under its quarantine-free travel programme for four weeks from Thursday, the government said, citing the risk from the fast-spreading Omicron COVID-19 variant.

Amid Omicron threat, Singapore to freeze new ticket sales for quarantine-free travel

India's Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told Parliament that 7,306 applicants from Pakistan had applied for Indian citizenship till December this year.

Over 7,000 applicants from Pakistan applied for Indian citizenship, minister informs Parliament

India's Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday passed a significant electoral bill to link Aadhaar with voter ID cards. The Aadhaar card is a unique 12-digit ID. It is given to the residents of India based on their biometric data.

India's new electoral reform bill: Linking Aadhaar to voter IDs

The Japanese government has told the US military to comply with coronavirus rules after US Marine corps camp Hansen in central Okinawa Prefecture was hit with multiple COVID-19 cases.

Japan orders US military officials in Okinawa base to follow Covid rules amid Omicron fears

Reports say the US Army's Walter Reed Institute of Research is set to announce a vaccine which is resistant against all coronavirus variants. The development comes as the US grapples with the Omicron variant which has now become the dominant strain leading to large scale hospitalisations and infections.

US Army institute eyes single vaccine against COVID-19 including Omicron

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