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Myanmar pardons prisoners, unclear if activists among them 17 Apr 2021 - 11:22 am

YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar's junta on Saturday announced it pardoned and released more than 23,000 prisoners to mark the new year holiday, but it...

Madrid may shut down mass vaccination centres unless more shots arrive 16 Apr 2021 - 08:20 pm

MADRID: A shortage of coronavirus shots may force the Madrid region to close down mass vaccination centres next week, the regional public health...

Pregnant women in UK told to have Pfizer or Moderna vaccines 16 Apr 2021 - 08:14 pm

LONDON: Pregnant women in Britain should get a COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer or Moderna because there is more real-world data to show...

Moderna says vaccines to Canada to be delayed due to Europe shortfall 16 Apr 2021 - 06:52 pm

Moderna Inc said on Friday a shortfall in COVID-19 vaccine doses from its European supply chain will lead to a delay in deliveries...

Music and massage: Malaysian farmers attempt to grow prized Japanese muskmelons 16 Apr 2021 - 06:43 pm

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: After more than a decade of experimenting, a trio of Malaysian farmers say they have found the right concoction of nutrients...

Germany's Merkel receives shot of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine 16 Apr 2021 - 04:53 pm

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel received her first shot of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, her spokesman said on Twitter. "I am happy...

Hundreds queue up as Latvia offers walk-in AstraZeneca shots 16 Apr 2021 - 04:14 pm

RIGA: People in their 30s showed up in their hundreds on Friday morning as Latvia offered the AstraZeneca vaccine to anyone who wanted...

Australia reports first blood clot death 'likely' linked to AstraZeneca vaccine 16 Apr 2021 - 04:10 pm

SYDNEY: Australia on Friday reported its first fatality from blood clots in a recipient of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot, and its regulator said there...

Japan to widen coronavirus curbs, casting fresh doubt on Olympics 16 Apr 2021 - 03:59 pm

TOKYO: Japan is set to expand quasi-emergency measures to 10 regions on Friday as a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases spreads, casting more...

Thailand uses hotels for COVID patients as cases surge 16 Apr 2021 - 02:23 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand reported on Friday its fifth record daily tally of coronavirus cases this week, as authorities set up thousands of field hospitals...

Lilly asks FDA to revoke authorization for lone use of COVID-19 drug bamlanivimab 16 Apr 2021 - 02:15 pm

Eli Lilly and Co said on Friday it had requested the U.S. health regulator to revoke the emergency use authorization granted to its...

Pakistan blocks social media apps temporarily on security grounds - officials 16 Apr 2021 - 01:27 pm

Pakistan temporarily blocked Facebook, Twitter and several other social media apps on security grounds on Friday amid a crackdown against a violent Islamist...

Second South Korean deal to produce Russia's Sputnik V 16 Apr 2021 - 01:20 pm

SEOUL - South Korea's Huons Global Co Ltd will lead a consortium to produce 100 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine...

India's vaccinations fall from peak, raw-material shortage hits output targets 16 Apr 2021 - 01:10 pm

NEW DELHI - India's daily COVID-19 vaccinations have slowed from their peak early this month while new infections have set a record, government...

Merkel says lockdowns, curfews vital to break Germany's third wave 16 Apr 2021 - 12:44 pm

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged lawmakers on Friday to approve new powers that would allow her to force coronavirus lockdowns and...

WHO chief says COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest of pandemic so far 16 Apr 2021 - 12:33 pm

GENEVA - The number of new COVID-19 cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate...

'You can't clone us': Polish doctors cry for help as COVID deaths spike 16 Apr 2021 - 12:28 pm

KRAKOW, Poland - When the pandemic began last year, Kinga Szlachcic-Wyroba, an anaesthesiologist in the Stefan Zeromski Specialist Hospital in Krakow, Poland, had...

Fit for, and designed by, a prince: Philip's Land Rover funeral hearse 15 Apr 2021 - 10:26 pm

WINDSOR, England: When Prince Philip's coffin is conveyed to church for his funeral service, it will be taken in a specially-commissioned Land Rover...