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In this file photo taken, morning commuters wearing face masks, amidst concerns about the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, ride past in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP)World
Vietnam detects new Indian-UK Covid-19 variant said to be 'very...

The Southeast Asian country had previously detected seven virus variants

30 May 2021 10:25 AM IST

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)World
Production of another COVID-19 vaccine to begin in weeks

Manufacturing will begin in the coming weeks to enable rapid access to the vaccine, should it be approved

27 May 2021 3:23 PM IST

Emergency responders gather at the scene of a shooting where a mass shooting was reported. (Photo: AFP)World
Eight killed by employee in California rail yard mass shooting

Multiple victims were also wounded in the attack

27 May 2021 9:15 AM IST

People queue to receive Covid-19 vaccine in Linquan county, Fuyang city, in Chinas eastern Anhui province. (Photo: AFP)World
WHO scientists likely to reconsider China lab origin theory of...

The WHO report's annex contains multiple data points providing an intriguing insight into China's evolving knowledge of...

26 May 2021 3:45 PM IST

A health worker waits to screen passengers at Incheon international airport. (Photo: File/AFP)World
South Koreans no longer need masks outdoors if vaccinated against...

The move is a bid to encourage older residents to get vaccinated

26 May 2021 12:20 PM IST

Protesters hold banners and flags during a demonstration demanding freedom for Belarus opposition activist Raman Protasevich, in front of the Belarus embassy in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo: AP)World
Airlines re-route to avoid Belarus, oppn leader says journalist beaten

'The behaviour of the Belarus regime is outrageous, illegal, and completely unacceptable,' Canada PM Justin Trudeau said

26 May 2021 12:11 PM IST

Bahraini citizens and residency visa holders are not subject to the suspension but will have to present an approved PCR test certificate conducted no more than 48 hours prior to boarding . (Twitter/@GulfAir)World
COVID-19: Bahrain suspends entry for travellers from India, four other...

Bahrain reported 214,870 positive COVID-19 cases with 809 deaths so far, as per World Health Organisation

24 May 2021 1:37 PM IST

Chinas military base in Djibouti. (Photo: AP)World
Chinese acquiring land around military bases in Japan: Report

The investments and purchase plans were driven by Chinese-led foreign corporations and could pose a risk to Japan's...

21 May 2021 1:40 PM IST

Lia Tal, 40, rushes with her children and partner to take shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, In Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP/Heidi Levine)World
Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire to end bloody 11-day war

The fighting erupted on May 10, when Hamas militants in Gaza fired long-range rockets toward Jerusalem

21 May 2021 11:08 AM IST

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to return a teargas canister toward soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP)World
Renewed violence over Gaza despite ceasefire moves gaining momentum

A senior official in the Hamas militant group predicted a ceasefire within days

20 May 2021 2:45 PM IST

A view captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission of the A-76 iceberg off the Ronne Ice Shelf, in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica taken on March 9, 2021 - combined with a graphic of the Spanish island of Majorca for scale. - An iceberg the size of the island of Majorca has broken off from the Ronne ice pack in Antarctica, making it the largest iceberg in existence, according to images from a European Copernicus satellite, the European Space Agency said on May 20, 2021. (Photo by Handout / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP)World
World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency

The iceberg is around 170 kms long and 25 kms wide, with an area of 4,320 square kms, slightly larger than the Spanish...

20 May 2021 2:33 PM IST

\Weve sent seven air shipments, including health supplies, oxygen, oxygen supplies, and 95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicine\, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. (AP/Evan Vucci)World
US has provided over USD 500 million in COVID relief to India, says...

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have...

20 May 2021 10:22 AM IST

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