Western panic over new Covid-19 variant seems to run deeper than health concerns, suggests President Lazarus Chakwera

Italian researches say new Covid-19 strain not necessarily more dangerous, but more studies needed to determine risk level

Experts question benefits of development that has caused eviction of thousands of farmers from their lands

New cases raise fears that strain has spread further in country

World Health Assembly’s special session to contemplate developing new accord on emergency preparedness

Festive holiday turns series of tragedies as another 5-year-old in Atlanta, man in Philadelphia die in gun incidents

Tensions increasing as recent polls suggest support of Eric Zemmour beginning to wane

New South Wales’ health authority confirms it after conducting urgent genomic testing

She faces 3 years in jail if found guilty of incitement against military

Traveller, family in good health; further testing to determine if they’ve been infected with Omicron strain

Dutch health authorities find 61 travellers Covid-19-positive, suspect new strain as flights arrived from South Africa

Tensions between Beijing, Washington soar over fate of democratic self-ruled island

Late president Chun Doo-hwan notably mired in court battles during final years