DUBLIN( Reuters)-Ireland will wait a few weeks before considering easing COVID-19 restrictions

until far more than the current 6% of the population is vaccinated.... But with relatively few cases

omicron wave and the decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in the last few days, the Ministry of

there was an increase in November and December, demand for first shots lately has been “ like a few

At 11: 59 p.m. Friday, travel restrictions will take effect for a large swath of Europe, enacting

Chairs are numbered in the holding area for foreign visitors at the Narita International Airport on July 10, 2021, in Narita, near Tokyo.... Japan's massive security apparatus has raised complaints that the nation, during the weeks of the Games, will look more like authoritarian North Korea or China than one of the world's most powerful, vibrant democracies.... The worry for many here, however, isn't too much Big Brother....

Wade, undoing a nationwide right to abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years.... “ I’d rather the person abort the baby than harm the baby or throw the baby out or anything, ” she said in an interview.... Patrick Daley Thompson The poll finds that 1 in 10 Americans say they know someone who has either been unable to get an abortion or who has had to travel to get one in the last year, since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v....

( Reuters)-Unpaid for months and with many mouths to feed, Afghan assistant professor Khalilullah Tawhidyar recently found temporary work on a building site.... With the 300 afghanis($ 3.30) he earned that day, he bought provisions for his family. The former member of a government taskforce on educational reform, who teaches English at Parwan University just north of Kabul, is one of thousands of middle class, educated Afghans fighting poverty as the country's economy teeters." I had no choice,

. GEOFF ROBINS/ AFP/ Getty ImagesAfter nearly 16 months of rigid travel restrictions, Canada is finally

.... The U.S. will allow in international travelers, but they must be vaccinated — with a few exceptions