EU regulator OKs Pfizer vaccine booster for 18 and older
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 07:08
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The European Union’s drug regulator gave its backing Monday to administering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 and older. The European Medicines Agency...
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back online after worldwide outage
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 07:03
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours. Facebook...
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
Monday, 4 October 2021, 21:02
Last update: about 6 years ago
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down across wide swathes of the world Monday. Facebook's internal systems used by employees also went down. The company said it was aware...
Leaked records open a 'Pandora' box of financial secrets
Monday, 4 October 2021, 07:05
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and...
Plane with eight on board crashes into vacant building near Milan
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 15:25
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
A small private plane carrying six passengers and a crew of two crashed on Sunday into a vacant, two-story office building in a Milan suburb, and Italian news reports said that all aboard...
Italian vessel rescues 65 from migrant boat fleeing Libya
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 06:56
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
An Italian offshore supply vessel on Saturday rescued 65 migrants, including women and children, fleeing Libya to Europe on a crowded, wooden boat. The migrant boat was drifting after its engine...
UK extends truck driver visa program as fuel crisis persists
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 16:22
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The British government has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers as fuel shortages showed few signs of abating Saturday, particularly in London and the southeast of England. In an...
Updated: Libyan forces round up 4,000 migrants in crackdown
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 07:19
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Libyan security forces on Friday detained at least 4,000 African migrants, including women and children, two officials and a refugee group said. The authorities described the raid as part of a crackdown...
Australia to lift 18-month Covid-19 travel ban next month
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 07:17
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens traveling overseas from November. But no date has yet been set for welcoming international tourists back. Travel...