Geneva: The World Health Organisation warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is very high based on the early evidence, saying the mutated coronavirus could lead to surges with severe consequences.
Copenhagen (Denmark): Magdalena Andersson, who last week was Sweden's first woman Prime Minister for a few hours before resigning because a budget defeat made a coalition partner quit, was on Monday elected again as head of government.
CERT-In warns of ‘ghostpairing’ attack targeting whatsApp users, flags high-risk account takeovers
Teen killed in alleged honour killing over inter-community relationship, brother, his friend arrest
Bus helper held for stealing USD 1,600 from Iranian woman's purse in Delhi; money recovered
Hike in train fares: 1 paisa/km beyond 215 km for ordinary class, 2 paise/km for other classes
Centre seeks report on death of elephants on railway tracks in Assam's Hojai: Bhupender Yadav
NGT pulls up officials over illegal quarrying near Navi Mumbai cancer hospital
Belagavi: UT Khader lauds Munawwar Zama's Four-Pillar Education Model
PM unveils Rs 10,601-cr fertiliser plant in Assam, unit to be commissioned by 2030
Wild fox falls into tank in Thane, rescued after one-hour operation
Delhi airport: 97 flights cancelled, over 200 services delayed due to fog
Uppinangady man arrested for raping minor girl under pretext of teaching beekeeping
Kerala tourist found dead in Sanapur Lake in Gangavathi taluk
New York: Virgil Abloh, a leading designer whose groundbreaking fusions of streetwear and high couture made him one of the most celebrated tastemakers in fashion and beyond, has passed away due to cancer. He was 41.
Berlin: Australia on Sunday became the latest country to detect the omicron variant of the coronavirus in travelers who arrived from southern Africa, while Israel decided to bar entry to foreign nationals the toughest of a growing raft of curbs imposed by nations around the world as they scramble to slow its spread.
United Nations/Geneva: The new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, first detected from South Africa this week, was on Friday designated as a Variant of Concern by the World Health Organisation, which named it Omicron.
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation after authorities detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus variant in a traveller who returned from Malawi.
Moscow, Nov 26: At least 52 people died in a fire at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia on Thursday.
London: The Speaker of the House of Commons on Wednesday announced a review of the rules around babies being allowed into the Parliament chamber after a parliamentarian complained she was banned from carrying her three-month-old into the House.
Paris: At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France's interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date.
Richmond: Tech giant Apple announced Tuesday it is suing Israel's NSO Group, seeking to block the world's most infamous hacker-for-hire company from breaking into Apple's products, like the iPhone.