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Indonesia plans to vaccinate 181.5 million people by March 2022 03 Jan 2021 - 11:49 am

Indonesia is planning to start vaccinating its population against Covid-19 this month and is seeking to deliver shots to 181.5 million people by...

3rd body found after landslide in Norway; 7 still missing 03 Jan 2021 - 10:21 am

HELSINKI: Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life...

Australia's Covid-19 cases on the rise as masks made compulsory 03 Jan 2021 - 10:03 am

Sydney: Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, while neighbouring Victoria's tally increased by...

Thailand sets more restrictions amid COVID-19 second wave 03 Jan 2021 - 09:51 am

BANGKOK: Thailand's government held off from ordering new nationwide business shutdowns on Sunday amid a new wave of coronavirus cases but empowered some...

US Senator Cruz leads long-shot Republican bid to overturn Biden's victory 03 Jan 2021 - 09:34 am

Washington: US Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe...

India gives final urgent-use approval to AstraZeneca and local COVID vaccines 03 Jan 2021 - 09:13 am

NEW DELHI: The head of India's drugs regulator said on Sunday he had given final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines,...

2nd body found after landslide in Norway; 8 still missing 02 Jan 2021 - 06:26 pm

HELSINKI: Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life...

Texas judge dismisses suit aimed at overturning election 02 Jan 2021 - 04:43 pm

WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Friday dismissed a last-gasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that aimed to give Vice President Mike Pence...

UK's Alok Sharma offers to resign to lead climate summit: Report 02 Jan 2021 - 04:39 pm

UK Business Minister Alok Sharma offered to resign from his ministerial position in order to take on a full-time role preparing for the...

Turkish-developed vaccine against Covid-19 to be ready by April: Erdogan 02 Jan 2021 - 04:34 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Turkish-developed vaccine against COVID-19 will be ready for use by April. Referring to the...

Britain will allow mixing of COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions 02 Jan 2021 - 03:56 pm

LONDON: Britain will allow people to be given shots of different COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions, despite a lack of evidence about the...

Netherlands to vaccinate emergency care workers as soon as possible 02 Jan 2021 - 03:43 pm

THE HAGUE: The Netherlands will start vaccinating 30,000 emergency care workers as soon as possible, the health ministry said on Saturday, as the...

Syria blasts US for sanctions, following UN expert's remarks 02 Jan 2021 - 02:39 pm

BEIRUT: Syria on Saturday lambasted the U.S. government for sanctions it has imposed on Damascus, following a U.N. special rapporteur's statement that called...

Japan to consider new Covid-19 emergency declaration 02 Jan 2021 - 02:08 pm

Tokyo: Japan will consider issuing a new emergency declaration after governors in the capital region urged action to tackle a record surge in...

Third state identifies more transmissible variant as US cases surpass 20 million 02 Jan 2021 - 01:55 pm

Florida on Thursday became the third state to identify a case of the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom, a reminder...

French police shut down huge party defying COVID-19 restrictions 02 Jan 2021 - 01:36 pm

PARIS: French police shut down on Saturday a huge party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year's Eve in defiance...

India approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine 02 Jan 2021 - 01:32 pm

New Delhi: India has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, paving the way for a huge immunisation campaign in...