(VOVWORLD) -The Olympics will take place without spectators in host city Tokyo, organisers said on Thursday, as a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the...
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has approved the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinopharm, the Ministry of Health announced Friday
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech company. This is the second Chinese vaccine that has...
(VOVWORLD) - Chinese vaccines Sinopharm and CoronaVac (Sinovac) are on the final stage of evaluation by the Emergency Use Listing of the World Health Organization and a final decision should be made...
(VOVWORLD) - Myanmar's State Administration Council changed the name of President's Office into the Office of State Administration Council, an order issued by the council said on Saturday
(VOVWORLD) - Myanmar’s state-run Radio and Television (MRTV) announced a year-long state of emergency on Monday after Myanmar’s government leaders were arrested by the military earlier the same...
(VOVWORLD) - Iraq has requested emergency assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with ongoing talks between the parties, the IMF said late on Sunday
(VOVWORLD) - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techno Hun Sen on Saturday asked for closure of businesses and restaurants which do not abide by the Health Ministry’s regulations on COVID-19...
(VOVWORLD) - The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam on Thursday signed a US$6.2 million grant agreement to strengthen Vietnam’s coronavirus surveillance and testing capacities, research capacity for COVID...
(VOVWORLD) - Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo lifted a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other areas on Monday, ending the restrictions nationwide as businesses begin to reopen
(VOVWORLD) - EU foreign ministers are to hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss the worsening Syria conflict that is driving refugees to the bloc's borders with Turkey, EU...
(VOVWORLD) - Chinese authorities on Saturday said they will build a second hospital dedicated to coronavirus patients, less than a day after construction started on the first
(VOVWORLD) - It was a “bit too early” to consider the new coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization said Thursday after 2 days of meeting...
(VOVWORLD) - The South Korean president’s office convened an emergency National Security Council session on Tuesday following the launch of two North Korean projectiles towards the sea earlier in the...
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting at Syria’s request on Wednesday to discuss US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights
(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump said he will delay declaring a national emergency to end the 23-day partial closure of the US government, the longest government shutdown in US...
(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump declared Saturday that an emergency exists in Alabama and ordered federal assistance due to conditions resulting from Hurricane Michael, the 3rd-most powerful ever to...
(VOVWORLD) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency in Genoa after a bridge collapse in Morandi on Tuesday killed at least 39 people
(VOVWORLD) -The United Kingdom mission to the United Nations tweeted Sunday that nine of the UN Security Council's 15 members have called for an emergency meeting of the Council...
(VOVWORLD) - About 76 million people will require emergency food assistance in 45 countries, mainly in Africa, in 2018, according to a food security assessment report released in Nairobi on Wednesday