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Global airline industry body to launch Covid ‘travel pass’ by March

The measure, dubbed the IATA Travel Pass, is aimed at providing government, airlines and travelers with a streamlined process to…

3 years ago

Global oil prices top 13-month high on slow restart of US output

Brent for April settlement climbed 1.2 percent to above $66 per barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange after dropping…

3 years ago

China and Russia rewrite ‘global health order’ with their Covid-19 vaccines as West struggles to spread its aid & influence

The Covid-19 pandemic has raged on for a year, infecting over 100 million people and claiming 2.5 million lives. Now,…

3 years ago

Global Covid-19 cases plummet by 50% since January peak despite colder temperatures boosting transmission rates

New global case numbers have reached their lowest levels in four months, dropping below 400,000 to roughly 362,000 new cases,…

3 years ago

Pfizer, BioNTech launch global trials of their Covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women

Healthy pregnant women in the US have already received their first shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab as part of the…

3 years ago

Global food prices soar to 6-year high, UN agency says

The FAO said that its food price index marked a 4.3 percent increase from December, reaching its highest level since…

3 years ago

Britain’s ban on China’s global television network is a hostile and misguided move that will lead to retaliation from Beijing

The UK communications regulator Ofcom has revoked the license of China Global Television Network (CGTN), banning it from broadcasting in the…

3 years ago

Bill Gates calls for global alert system and ‘pandemic fire squads’ for post-Covid-19 world

The Microsoft co-founder, who ranks as the world's third-richest person, took to Twitter Monday to make his pitch for a…

3 years ago

WATCH Riot police crack down on anti-Global Security Bill protesters in Paris

As protesters marched near the Place de la Republique in Paris, police also took to the streets in riot gear,…

3 years ago

Tony Blair urges UK govt to use G7 presidency to implement ‘inevitable’ global Covid-19 vaccine passport

The former UK prime minister’s think tank, the Tony Blair Institute (TBI), said in a newly released report that the…

3 years ago