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US CDC advisers weigh Moderna, J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, mix-and-match shots 21 Oct 2021 - 07:54 pm

A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday are considering several recommendations for rollout of...

COVID-19 disinformation backfires as Russian deaths climb, EU says 21 Oct 2021 - 07:46 pm

BRUSSELS - A systematic disinformation campaign in Russian media to foster doubts and misgivings about COVID-19 vaccines in the West has backfired as...

Putin urges cooperation, not rivalry to tackle climate crisis 21 Oct 2021 - 07:31 pm

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged international cooperation, not rivalry to tackle the climate crisis, a day after the Kremlin...

Moscow to reintroduce lockdown measures as COVID-19 cases, deaths soar 21 Oct 2021 - 03:23 pm

Moscow: Moscow will reintroduce COVID-19 related lockdown measures from Oct. 28, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday, with supermarkets and pharmacies the only...

'Act of terror': Man charged with murder of British lawmaker Amess 21 Oct 2021 - 03:17 pm

London: British police charged a 25-year-old man on Thursday with the murder of lawmaker David Amess and said the killing was an act...

Kuwait lifts COVID-19 restrictions for vaccinated people, says PM 21 Oct 2021 - 02:37 pm

CAIRO: Kuwait has lifted all COVID-19 restrictions for vaccinated people, its prime minister, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, told a news conference on...

Pfizer, BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID-19 booster shot in study 21 Oct 2021 - 02:26 pm

BERLIN: Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE on Thursday said data from a Phase III trial demonstrated high efficacy of a booster...

Melbourne readies to exit world's longest COVID-19 lockdown 21 Oct 2021 - 01:34 pm

SYDNEY: Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of the world's longest COVID-19 lockdown later on Thursday even as cases hover near...

Four killed in gas explosion at Chinese BBQ restaurant 21 Oct 2021 - 01:27 pm

BEIJING: Four people were killed and 47 were hurt in a gas explosion at a BBQ restaurant in China on Thursday, the local...

La Palma: Hundreds more evacuate to flee volcano lava 21 Oct 2021 - 12:58 pm

Madrid: Hundreds of people were evacuated during the night on the Spanish island of La Palma as a river of molten rock crept...

Paris art fair gets back to business after COVID pause 21 Oct 2021 - 12:32 pm

Paris: After missing a year, the contemporary art world's annual get-together in Paris is roaring back to life with a feast of viewings,...

US coronavirus vaccine donations reach 200 mln doses 21 Oct 2021 - 12:20 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States, under pressure to share its coronavirus vaccine supply with the rest of the world, has now donated 200 million...

S.Korea prepares to launch first domestically produced space rocket 21 Oct 2021 - 11:09 am

GOHEUNG, South Korea: South Korea is scheduled to conduct its first test launch into space of a domestically built rocket on Thursday in...

Railway stock’s $3 billion loss spawns Mumbai trader meme fest 21 Oct 2021 - 11:07 am

An Indian railway company shed $3 billion in market valuation over just two days, spurring an online blitz of memes from frantic traders....

Japan's Shionogi starts Phase II/III clinical trial for new COVID-19 vaccine 21 Oct 2021 - 10:50 am

TOKYO: Japan' Shionogi & Co Ltd said on Wednesday it had started a Phase II/III clinical trial for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The...

Flood deaths in India and Nepal cross 150 21 Oct 2021 - 10:37 am

NEW DELHI: More than 150 people have died in flooding across India and Nepal, officials said on Thursday, as unseasonably heavy rains across...

Russia reports cases of more contagious COVID-19 variant - reports 21 Oct 2021 - 10:32 am

MOSCOW: Russia has reported some COVID-19 infections with a new coronavirus variant believed to be even more contagious than the Delta one, the...

India celebrates 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses with song and dance 21 Oct 2021 - 09:45 am

New Delhi: India celebrated the milestone of administering 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, with the government promoting the achievement in song...