Much-delayed James Bond movie "No Time To Die" was postponed again due to the pandemic Thursday, with studio MGM confirming 007's next mission will not take place until October.
European Union leaders have agreed to keep borders open despite the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. But they also confirmed that non-essential travel within the bloc should strongly be discouraged.
At least eight people died and several others were injured in a blast in India's southern state of Karnataka late on Thursday night, local media reported on Friday.
Canada on Wednesday announced a one-month extension of a ban on non-essential international travel into the country, stretching the restrictions until February 21.
The number of US Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday surpassed the country's toll of military fatalities in World War II, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
As many as 88 more overseas Indonesians were confirmed positive for COVID-19, bringing the total of such cases to 2,923, according to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
