Iran’s vice president for economic affairs calls for strengthening relations with Cuba in the face of the enemies’ illegal pressure and sanctions campaigns.

With inflation having hit heights not seen since 2008, while the coronavirus crisis has worsened long-running problems with housing, French voters in this spring’s presidential election are likely to demand solutions on both issues from all the candidates. 

Protests against COVID-19 vaccine requirements have gathered momentum across western Europe with large demonstrations taking place in France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria, among other countries.

Omicron surge across the US pushes COVID-19 hospitalizations in the country toward a new record high.

Hospitalizations in US surge for unvaccinated children, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

The United States has set a grim coronavirus record, with more than 1 million cases diagnosed in a day.

Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said there was still a danger of a surge in hospitalization due to a large number of coronavirus cases even as early data suggests the Omicron COVID-19 variant is less severe.

US health experts on Thursday urged Americans to prepare for severe disruptions in coming weeks as the country has reached a record high in COVID-19 cases.

US home prices saw double-digit price growth yet again in October, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National home price index.

Britain reported a record 129,471 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not bring in new restrictions this year to limit the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.