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The multibillion-dollar world's fair in Dubai says virus outbreaks among staff may force some parts of the fair to close temporarily for deep cleaning and sanitization as coronavirus cases rapidly rise in the UAE.

COVID-related flights cancellations continued on Monday. Airlines across the world canceled just under 8,000 flights over the three-day Christmas weekend over a shortage of staff due to the spread of the Omicron variant and bad weather.

Europe is once again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases — here is our summary of the measures being taken across the continent.

People infected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant are up to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital than those infected with the Delta variant, a UK report has found.

Europe is once again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases — here is our summary of the measures being taken across the continent. In some parts, the increase has been compounded by the emergence of the new Omicron variant.

For months, Antony Paine has been trying desperately to get home to New Zealand to celebrate his daughter’s 21st birthday. The problem? Paine, who works as a teacher in the United Arab Emirates, is effectively barred from returning to his own country under New Zealand’s contentious quarantine lottery.

London's Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over its handling of an alleged Christmas party that took place at Downing Street during lockdown last year, the Independent Office for Police Conduct told CNN on Wednesday.

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after a worldwide slump for financial markets spurred by worries about how badly the omicron variant, inflation and other forces will hit the world economy.

Germany’s health authority has announced that the United Kingdom had been added to its list of COVID high-risk countries, which will mean tighter travel restrictions, as Europe tries to rein in the rising number of infections linked to the highly mutated Omicron strain.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian announced that Hungary has agreed to accept the visa of Iranian citizens vaccinated with Iranian-made vaccines, and said that the Iranian vaccines will be exported to other countries in the near future.