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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...

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...

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