Portugal has the highest percentage of the population fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in the world. To date, more than 80 percent have completed vaccinations. residents of the country - informed the General Directorate of Health (DGS) in Lisbon, which is part of the health ministry.more

Ten thousand years after woolly mammoths vanished from the face of the Earth, scientists are embarking on an ambitious project to bring the beasts back to the Arctic tundra.more

The Apple concern presented a new generation of its company phone, the iPhone 13. During the conference, the premieres of new versions of iPad tablets and the Apple Watch Series 7 smartwatch were also announced.more

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, announced yesterday about the lifting of the 1.5-meter requirement, which was introduced in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. From September 25, you will need to show your coronavirus vaccination certificate or negative test result in your country before entering a restaurant, cinema or theater.more

Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Hajbatullah Ahundzadeh and Afghan Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar have not appeared to the public for a month, and their current videos have not been released. There have been rumors that they are dead, reported the British daily The Guardian.more

From today, the obligation to vaccinate health care workers against the coronavirus comes into force. Unvaccinated persons may be suspended from duties. Yesterday, opponents of the order staged demonstrations against compulsory vaccinations.more

Less than 3.5 percent of 1.5 billion Africans have been vaccinated against Covid-19, far below the official 60% target. warned John Nkengasong, director of the African Center for Disease Control.more

Managing Rotterdam in the central Netherlands, Ahmed Aboutaleb has been elected World's Best Mayor 2021. Aboutaleb shares the World Mayor 2021 award with Philipp Rio, mayor of the French city of Grigny.more

More than a third of workers in Germany would like to continue working from home even after the pandemic ends. This is a big increase compared to the study at the beginning of the quarantine, informs the RND portal.more

The European Union has no option but to talk to Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers and Brussels will try to coordinate with member governments to organise a diplomatic presence in Kabul, the top EU diplomat said on Tuesday. more

Several hundred earthquakes up to magnitude 4 were recorded in the last 24 hours in the Canary Islands area. The island of Palma experienced the most tremors, as announced by the Spanish Geographical Institute (IGN).more

Average house price growth was more than twice as high in advanced economies than in developing countries, according to Knight Frank.more

Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hot spots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found.more

According to some EU politicians, the Afghan crisis highlighted the need to strengthen the EU's defense capabilities, because in Kabul it had to rely on the Americans. The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, returned to the proposal to strengthen the EU's military response capacity - to create a special brigade.more

Same-sex marriage and civil partnerships should be recognized throughout the Union, the European Parliament announced in a resolution adopted today. MEPs voting in favor stressed that the EU should remove all obstacles LGBTIQ people face in exercising their fundamental rights.more

A third booster shot for the general population is not required as COVID-19 vaccines are effective enough at preventing severe illness, according to a report published by The Lancet on Monday.more

During the Covid-19 pandemic, employers in Spain refrain from concluding long-term employment contracts with employees, according to data published yesterday by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy in Madrid.more

The lockdown of Australia's capital Canberra has been extended for another month and will last at least until mid-October. "This is the safest solution. It will allow us to celebrate Christmas without risk" - said the head of the government of the capital Andrew Barr.more

In a follow-up to a report Saturday, the World Health Organization (WHO) says on August 29, in the Itasy region, in the Arivonimamo health district, an alert was received by the health authorities regarding cases of Pulmonary Plague. As of September 3, a total of 30 suspected cases of pulmonary plague including 12 confirmed and 7 death cases are reported so far.more

Hungarian Wizz Air will restore pilots' salaries to the level before the COVID-19 pandemic from October 1, 2021, the carrier said. The temporary wage cut has been completed due to the airline's plans to hire 200 pilots by December 2021 - added.more

Uber drivers are employees entitled to greater workers' rights under local labour laws, a Dutch court ruled on Monday, handing a setback to the U.S. company's European business model.more

The allegedly late al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri spoke in a video published on the Internet on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, the US SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist organizations in the media, said on Twitter.more

The IT industry has a greater lobbying power than the pharmaceutical, financial or fossil fuels sectors, spending over EUR 97 million annually to influence decision-making in the European Union, according to a report by the Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, reported by the Brussels portal EUobserver.more

As of today, in Sydney, Australia, those who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can meet outdoors in groups of up to five. All of Australia is going through the largest wave of epidemics to date, with strict lockdown in many areas.more

The maternity unit in Lewis County, New York this month suspends delivering deliveries after the resignation of some staff who chose to dismiss rather than undergo compulsory immunization against Covid-19.more