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Soccer fans return as Wembley trials mass COVID-19 testing

The UK has taken another significant step towards lifting COVID-19 restrictions as 8,000 fans attended Sunday's Carabao Cup final at Wembley.The soccer clash between Manchester City and Tottenham is

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Kenya will not ease COVID containment measures despite cases decline

Kenya's cabinet secretary of the Ministry of Health Mutahi Kagwe. /Ministry of Health Kenya will not ease the current containment measures prematurely, the cabinet secretary of the Ministry o

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Tchaikovsky to replace Russian national anthem at Tokyo Olympics

A gala concert marking the 50th anniversary of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Russia, June 1, 2008. /CFP Russia's renowned later composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Piano Concer

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Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case

Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his assignment last week at the Olympic torch relay.It is the first po

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Kenya's COVID-19 vaccinations top 750,000

FILE PHOTO: Technicians show empty containers used for the transport of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after the vaccines were put into refrigerated storage units at the central vaccine depot in Ki

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Uganda's COVID-19 vaccinations near 240,000

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare professional is vaccinated against COVID-19 on March 10, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / Getty Images) The number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered

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1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at a Long Island grocery store: police

VCG One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting at a Long Island grocery store, Nassau County police said Tuesday.The person killed was a 49-year-old employee at the West Hempst

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Kenya reports 629 new COVID-19 cases, total tally rises to 152,523

FILE PHOTO: Passengers on board a train on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya wear masks in line with government-imposed measures to curb spread of COVID-19, July 13, 2020. /VCG The number o

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Number of COVID-19 vaccinations in Kenya tops 700,000

FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient isolation center in Machakos town in eastern Kenya, August 3, 2020. /VCG The number of people that have received a COVID-19 vaccination jab in Kenya surpassed th

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Cuba reports new record of daily deaths from COVID-19

A woman wearing a face mask walks in Havana, Cuba, March 26, 2021. (Photo by Joaquin Hernandez/Xinhua) Cuba registered 1,037 cases and 13 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death tol

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Chilean minister: Sinovac vaccine efficacy data encouraging

People wait to receive the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Santiago, Chile, March 30, 2021. /CFP The newly-released data on the protective effects of China's Sinovac COVID

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Chilean minister: Sinovac vaccine efficacy data encouraging

People wait to receive the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Santiago, Chile, March 30, 2021. /CFP The newly-released data on the protective effects of China's Sinovac COVID

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3 dead, 2 seriously injured in early morning shooting at bar in US

Three people are dead and two people have been left with serious injuries following a shooting that took place at a bar in Wisconsin, a midwestern U.S. state.The incide

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U.S. CDC: 5,800 fully vaccinated people still got COVID-19 infections

U.S. CDC reports 5,800 COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated people. /CFP About 5,800 people who have been administered COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. have still been infected anyway, the U.S

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Oath Keepers member first to plead guilty in U.S. Capitol riot

FILE PHOTO: Police use tear gas around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. /VCG A founding member of the right-wing

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Tokyo Olympic chief says Games will not be canceled

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask stands behind the Olympic symbols of the five interlaced rings pictured near the National Stadium in Tokyo. /VCG Tokyo Olympic president Seiko Hashimoto o

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COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa top 13.6 million

FILE PHOTO: Passengers on board a train on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya wear masks in line with government-imposed measures to curb spread of COVID-19, July 13, 2020. /VCG Africa has n