White House pressure on US health officials to quickly approve COVID-19 booster shots reflects an attempt by President Joe Biden to divert public attention from numerous crises buffeting his administration, senior US House Republicans charged on Tuesday

The Marion federal prison in the US state of Illinois where Russian citizen Viktor Bout is serving his sentence was forced to introduce yet another COVID-19 lockdown because of a new spark in infections, Bout's wife Alla told Sputnik

Three people were arrested during separate demonstrations held by far-right supporters and anti-fascist activists at the State Capitol in the US city of Salem, on Sunday, the capital of the Oregon state, the Salem Police Department said

Marion Bartoli, the former French tennis star and 2013 Wimbledon champion, is planning to open a tennis academy here in Dubai with the aim of discovering and nurturing future Emirati champions

China will maintain contacts with the World Health Organization (WHO) in search of the COVID-19 origin, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday

The international team of the World Health Organization (WHO), tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19, has visited a hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the first COVID-19 patients were treated, WHO team member and virologist Marion Koopmans said on Saturday