BRUSSELS, Jan 31 — European countries are still experiencing high incidences of medicine shortages, with deteriorating burdensome impact on patients, according to a recent survey.

ROME, Aug 9 — The most severe heatwave in recent memory has held its grip on most of Europe as of Monday, with record high temperatures registered in multiple countries causing severe economic and health damage.

LONDON, July 28 — There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

GENEVA, July 20 — Europe’s current heatwave is breaking records, detrimentally impacting people’s health, the economy, agricultural production, and tourism, and the trend is likely to become more frequent for decades.

MOSCOW, July 2 — The number of monkeypox cases in Europe has tripled during the last two weeks, surpassing 4,500 cases, and was mostly detected in people aged from 21-40 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge, said on Friday.

GENEVA, June 24 — Amid reports of surging cases in Europe, a special committee of the World Health Organisation (WHO) began meeting Thursday to decide whether monkeypox should be declared a global “public health emergency.” The emergency committee will advise the WHO chief “on whether the event...

ISTANBUL, Feb 14 — All major Asian indices closed Monday with strong declines amid Russia-Ukraine tensions, which particularly affects commodity prices, Anadolu Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — Malaysia's Honorary Consulate in Belgium situated in the city of Liege has not been affected by the deadly floods in the country over the past week, confirmed a source from Malaysia’s Embassy in Belgium.

REUTERS, April 14 — US federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine for at least a few days after six women under age 50 developed rare blood clots after receiving the shot, dealing a fresh setback to efforts to tackle the pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — The ringgit was lower versus the US dollar at the opening Wednesday amid the resurgence in Covid-19 cases globally which has dented investor sentiment, dealers said.

BERLIN, March 20 — Europe can achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer with four coronavirus vaccines approved by European health authorities, o Ugur Sahin, a Turkish-German scientist and CEO of BioNTech said on Friday.

PARIS, Dec 18 — President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, prompting a track-and-trace effort across Europe following numerous meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — In anticipation of a potential revival in international travel, AirAsia.com has partnered with Turkish Airlines to allow it to enhance its strong pan-Asia flight network.

VIENNA, Nov 3 — Multiple gunmen opened fire at six locations in central Vienna near the central synagogue on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding 15 in what Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described as a "repulsive terrorist attack".

PARIS, Oct 22 — The number of Covid-19 infections in France reached 1,000,369 as of 0124 GMT on Thursday while the country's death toll from the disease hit 34,075, reported Xinhua news agency.

GENEVA, Oct 20 — Europe and North America should follow the example of Asian states by persevering with anti-Covid measures and quarantining anyone who comes into contact with infected people, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Monday.

MILAN/LONDON, June 19 — Scientists in Italy have found traces of the new coronavirus in wastewater collected from Milan and Turin in December 2019 - suggesting Covid-19 was already circulating in Northern Italy before China reported the first cases.

WASHINGTON, April 24 — Eighty countries and customs territories have banned or limited the export of face masks, protective gear, gloves and other goods to mitigate shortages since the coronavirus outbreak began, the World Trade Organisation reported yesterday.

GENEVA, March 21 — Europe reported 17,506 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours as of midnight Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the region to 104,591, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday in a daily situation report.