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

The last 20 years have been a time of missed opportunities, and the way the war in Afghanistan has ended and its consequences will haunt the US for many years, said Andrew L. Peek, a war veteran and former director of the National Security Council for Europe at the White House.more

Israel is making preparations to ensure it has sufficient vaccine supply in case a fourth round of Covid-19 shots is needed, the country’s top health official said on Sunday. more

U.S. adults who got the vaccine between December 2020 and March 2021 experienced a 4% reduction in their risk of being mildly depressed and a 15% drop in their risk of severe depression, researchers reported Sept. 8 in the journal PLOS ONE.more

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday released the first of what is expected to be several documents related to its investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suspected Saudi government support for the hijackers, following an executive order by President Joe Biden.more

Dutch law authorities on Saturday (Sept 11) released a British Formula 1 fan after he was mistakenly arrested on suspicion being a notorious Sicilian mafia boss.more

More than 120,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday, according to official figures, to protest the coronavirus health passes they say discriminate against the unvaccinated.more

Former US president Donald Trump on Saturday used the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks to accuse his successor, Joe Biden, of surrendering “in defeat” by withdrawing from Afghanistan.more

Parents living in the municipality of Laholm in southern Sweden wanted to give their son a two-part name Vladimir Putin. The application was rejected by officials due to "possible discomfort of the child".more

When a plane hit the WTC, Leokadia Głogowski was working on the 82nd floor of the building. She mentions seeing puffs of smoke in the hallway and was convinced she was going to die. Suddenly, however, she remembered that her family in Poland was attending a service for her. She decided that it could not be a coincidence and began to run away.more

The risk of dying from Covid-19 is 11 times higher in unvaccinated than in vaccinated people, and the risk of being hospitalized is 10 times higher, according to a study published yesterday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).more

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists in the United States. A total of 2,996 people died there. After hijacking four airliners, the hijackers struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The planned fourth attack was thwarted by passengers fighting the terrorists. The machine has crashed near Shanksville.more

The American company Moderna is working on a single injection formulation that will be an experimental flu vaccine that will also contain a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.more

The Diocese of Solsony in Catalonia believes that the 52-year-old Bishop Xavier Novell has been possessed by a devil and a woman, reported the ABC daily. While studying demonology, he met a divorced psychologist, expert on Satanism and erotic novelist, 38-year-old Silvia Caballol. Her influence turned out to be so strong that he abandoned his function and fled to another city, where they now live more

In Denmark, the coronavirus restrictions that have been in place for 18 months have been lifted today. The reason for full opening is to vaccinate 73 percent. society and recognizing that "the pandemic is under control".more

Almost every fourth resident of Germany is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, but only 8% of them come from this group. MPs, reports the Turkish Anatolia agency today. She adds that leaders of the immigrant community want more representation in parliament.more