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Lufthansa to suspend Beirut flights amid Middle East tensions
The spokesman, who blamed the decision on the "current situation in the Middle East", confirmed information from two passengers who had been unable to fly from Frankfurt to Beirut. On Saturday Lufthansa cut its flights to Tel Aviv, citing "the current security situation".
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Delta suspends Israel flights through October 31
The suspension of flights by the airline follows similar decisions by American Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa, Emirates and Ryanair and others that this weekend pulled flights to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport. American Airlines on Monday said it operated two flights out of Tel Aviv on Saturday and Sunday to... -
easyJet orders 56 aircraft
The order for single-aisle aircraft is worth $6.2 billion. -
Delta orders Airbus jets
The airline ordered a dozen single-aisle passenger jets worth $1.1 bn. -
Pfizer plans new Covid jab
It has said a shot for multiple variants is coming by 2022-end. -
Omicron sub-variant found in 57 countries : WHO
The fast spreading and heavily mutated Omicron variant has rapidly become the dominant variant worldwide since it was first detected in southern Africa 10 weeks ago. -
Calling Omicron ‘mild’ is a mistake, warns WHO chief
Just under 9.5 million new Covid-19 cases were reported to the WHO last week — a record, up 71 percent on the week before. But even this was an underestimate, as it did not reflect the backlog of testing around the Christmas-New Year holidays, positive self-tests not registered, and overburdened... -
WHO says Omicron risk ‘very high’ after Covid cases rise by 11 percent
Omicron is behind rapid virus spikes in several countries, including those where it has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta variant, the WHO said in its Covid-19 weekly epidemiological update. -
Study: Delta does not cause severe childhood Covid
The health agency analyzed hospital records from across an area covering around 10 percent of the US population -
WHO adds ‘Mu’ strain to list of coronavirus variants of concern
The strain, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a "variant of interest", in the global health body’s weekly pandemic bulletin -
Disney, Delta, Big Tech dampen movie theater party at CinemaCon
After a year-and-a-half of big film releases placed on hold due to Covid, the CinemaCon trade summit has seen studios show off a glut of forthcoming blockbuster offerings -
China approves first mixed-vaccine trial as Delta spread
The trial will test the efficacy of combining an "inactivated" vaccine made by China's Sinovac with a DNA-based one developed by US pharmaceutical company Inovio -
Iran fears Covid variant outbreak could hit it harder
Official data put Covid toll in Iran at 84,000 Tehran, nine other cities highest-risk places Iran has struggled to keep the Covid pandemic under control, and now it must prepare for a worse case of the virus hitting them. President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said that Iran will be hit... -
Delta variant of Covid found in Kuwait, authorities warn citizens to take precautions
Kuwait says that many people in the country have contracted the Indian variant The country's health department is conducting genetic examination for the virus on regular basis The most contagious variant of Covid, the Indian strain, also known as the Delta variant, has infected many people in Kuwait, according...