The side effects of newly discovered COVID strain XEC might not be more severe, but appears to be more contagious, ...

The XEC Covid variant, a sublineage of the omicron variant, was first reported in Berlin, Germany, in June and is now ...

Far away from the celebrations within Cincinnati, the largest Oktoberfest in the world is now underway at the same exact time ...

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Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the 189th Oktoberfest at noon when he inserted the tap into the first keg.

Munich's Oktoberfest, the world's biggest beer festival, opened Saturday under heightened security following a string of attacks in Germany attributed to jihadists. Billed as the world's biggest folk ...

XEC is also an offshoot of omicron, the widely spread variant that formed in 2021. According to experts, it has some of omicron’s features, too — like less severe symptoms and easy transmissibility.

Germany's far-right party is campaigning with AI-generated videos warning of the supposed dangers of migration for the upcoming regional vote. Critics call the ads racist.

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Rayne Beau, a lost cat, managed to travel 800 miles back home after vanishing during a camping trip in Yellowstone National Park. Found exhausted in Roseville, California, he was reunited with his ...

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