RIYADH, JANUARY 3 (IANS): Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the lifting of the ban on all international flights as well as land and sea entry, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The two-week ban was part of the
OTTAWA, JANUARY 3 (IANS): Four people died when a helicopter crashed into a field in Alberta, Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.
In a statement on Saturday, the RCMP said that the private
Beijing, January 3 (PTI): China has revised its National Defence Law, expanding the power of its armed forces headed by President Xi Jinping to mobilise military and civilian resources to defend its national in
Beijing, January 3 (PTI): China's first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 travelled more than 400 million km by Sunday morning and is expected to enter Mars orbit next month, the country's space agency
Karachi, January 3 (PTI): At least 11 coal miners from Pakistan's Shia Hazara community were killed and four others injured on Sunday by unidentified gunmen who initially kidnapped them in the restive
Washington, January 3 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 84.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.83 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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London, January 2 (IANS): Another 53,285 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 2,542,065, according to official figures released o
Washington, January 2 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 83.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Washington, January 2 (IANS): In yet another grim milestone, the overall number of coronavirus cases in the US, the hardest-hit country in the world by the pandemic, has surpassed the 20 million mark, according
Geneva, January 1 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency use validation for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, opening the door for countries to expedite their own regulatory appro
New York, January 1 (IANS) Human activities such as groundwater removal and other natural causes are leading to sinking of the Earth's surface and the phenomenon will affect 635 million people, mostly in As
Beijing, January 1 (IANS): China announced that it had granted conditional marketing authorisation for the first Covid-19 vaccine.
The inactivated vaccine, which got approval from the National Medical Produc
London, January 1 (IANS): Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB), an institution accused and blamed by political leadership for taking political maneuvering of the government and using it to nab to
Sanaa (Yemen), December 31 (AP): Yemen's prime minister renewed accusations on Thursday that the country's Shiite rebels and Iran were responsible for the deadly explosion at the airport in the southern
Washington, Decemebr 31 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 82.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.80 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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United Nations, December 31 (IANS): More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition i
London, December 31 (IANS): The UK government has announced more areas, including Leicester City in England, will enter Tier Four, the highest level of Covid-19 restrictions in the country, meaning an additiona
Islamabad, December 31 (IANS): The shrine of a Hindu saint has been vandalized by an aggressive mob in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The incident took place in Teri area of Karak district.
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New York, December 30 (IANS): A nurse in California tested positive for Covid-19 eight days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine approved for emergency use in the US.
Matthew W., 45, talked a
Beijing, December 30 (AP): A Chinese drugmaker said Wednesday its coronavirus vaccine was found to be 79.3 per cent effective at preventing infection in preliminary data from the final round of testing, moving