EU leaders meet on Friday to survey the economic wreckage of the Covid pandemic, with high hopes from summit host Portugal that they will swear off austerity and tackle poverty.

Push on social issues as EU faces Covid fallout

Britain will allow people in England to resume international travel from May 17 but is limiting the number of destinations open for quarantine-free holidays to just a handful of countries as it cautiously emerges from lockdown restrictions.

After Covid carnage, Britain to reopen travel to limited destinations

According to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), children spread COVID-19 faster than adults. The study found that children spread coronavirus "more efficiently" than adults because they have a high ‘viral load’.

Children spread coronavirus 'more efficiently' than adults: Study

The president of the Philippines has asked China to take back 1,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated to the country after facing criticism for receiving a jab even though it has not yet been authorised for public use in the country.

Grappling with COVID-19, Philippines to send back China's Sinopharm vaccine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the release Friday of four Hong Kong democracy activists who were jailed for taking part in a vigil for victims of Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

US calls on Hong Kong to release Tiananmen vigil activists

Since Myanmar's military ordered telecoms operators to shut their networks in an effort to end protests against its February coup, Telenor's business there has been in limbo.

Military coup puts Telenor's future in Myanmar on the line

Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase "gender equality" from a draft declaration on advancing social cohesion that the EU is due to publish on Friday, according to diplomats and documents seen by Reuters.

Poland, Hungary push against 'gender equality' at EU social summit

A day after Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed narrowly survived an assassination attempt in Male, the hospital where he is admitted said he remains "critical".

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed critical, say doctors after bomb attack

New Delhi has made four strategic moves: a successful TRIPS waiver, an unofficial ban on Huawei, customer restrictions on Amex and a potential trade deal with the European Union.

How India secured four major strategic victories in 14 days amid pandemic

India's numbers are going from bad to worse with over 412,000 new COVID-19 cases now, which is the highest number of new infections India has reported in a single day.

Lessons for India: How Europe, US tackled COVID-19 second and third waves

According to the UK government regulators, under-40s in the country are being offered an alternative to AstraZeneca jabs amid concern over rare blood clots. Watch: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation(JCVI) had reviewed the AstraZeneca vaccine after the first shots were administered to the people, reports said the UK government advisers want citizens to take Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna due to "abundance of caution".

UK regulators advise under-40s to get alternative to AstraZeneca vaccine

As India struggles with a deadly second wave, the government's principal scientific advisor has said that a third wave is inevitable. It's hard to imagine a situation worse than the one India is currently suffering.

As India battles second wave, third wave is inevitable, says government expert

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