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Disease center urges Germans to cancel or avoid big events as COVID wrecks havoc in Europe-
By PTI BERLIN: Germany’s disease control center is calling for people to cancel or avoid large events and to reduce ...

Danes reintroduce coronavirus pass after uptick in cases; all Czech students to be tested-
By PTI COPENHAGEN: Denmark on Friday reintroduced its digital pass as it declared COVID-19 once again “a socially critical disease” amid ...

Austria announces regional lockdowns for the unvaccinated; Norway offers booster shot for adults-
By PTI VIENNA: Austria is implementing a lockdown for unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions next week and looks poised ...

New pandemic restrictions to take effect in February to tackle vaccine hesitancy-
By PTI MOSCOW: Some of the new pandemic restrictions prepared by Russian authorities go into effect next year, a top ...

AstraZeneca set for ‘modest’ profit from sold COVID-19 vaccines-
By PTI LONDON: AstraZeneca, the UK-headquartered biopharmaceutical company behind the manufacture of the Oxford University developed COVID-19 vaccine, said on ...

Dutch government orders partial lockdown amid rising virus cases-
By PTI THE HAGUE: Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a three-week partial lockdown Friday amid surging COVID-19 cases in ...

Biden and Xi to hold virtual meeting on November 15-
By PTI WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit on Monday ...

Climate talks soften stance on fossil fuel phaseout-
By PTI GLASGOW: Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away Friday from a ...

CPC hails Xi Jinping as China’s ‘helmsman’; attacks US & western democracies-
By PTI BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party on Friday hailed President Xi Jinping as its helmsman, a honorific title reserved ...

Biden picks former FDA chief Califf to again lead agency-
By PTI WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday is tapping former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Robert Califf to again ...