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India's Shilpa Medicare to produce Cadila's COVID-19 shot 24 Sep 2021 - 12:54 pm

BENGALURU - Indian drugmaker Shilpa Medicare Limited said on Friday it had agreed to produce Cadila Healthcare Ltd's three-dose COVID-19 vaccine. The country's...

Singing and dancing as South Africa's national airline returns to the skies 23 Sep 2021 - 11:49 pm

JOHANNESBURG - Jubilant South African Airways (SAA) staff at the country's biggest airport broke into song and dance on Thursday as the airline...

Lawmakers, air industry call for new action on unruly passengers 23 Sep 2021 - 11:44 pm

WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers, aviation unions and others on Thursday pushed for new actions to try to deter the rising reports of unruly...

VP Harris thanks India's Modi for resuming vaccine exports 23 Sep 2021 - 11:35 pm

WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and welcomed the South Asian nation's decision to...

UK eases Covid travel rules for COP26 climate conference 23 Sep 2021 - 11:27 pm

The U.K. is relaxing Covid-related travel restrictions for people attending the international climate conference in Glasgow that’s now less than six weeks away. ...

UN looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction 23 Sep 2021 - 09:42 pm

UNITED NATIONS - Billions of people are overweight, millions are hungry, one third of food is wasted and the way the world produces,...

Namibia detects a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease 23 Sep 2021 - 09:01 pm

WINDHOEK - Namibia has detected a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country that has infected thousands of cattle, the agriculture...

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle visit New York's World Trade Center 23 Sep 2021 - 08:19 pm

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got a bird's-eye view of the New York skyline as they kicked off their trip to the city...

Panama approaching herd immunity against COVID-19, president says 23 Sep 2021 - 08:06 pm

PANAMA CITY - Panama is weeks away from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 after vaccinating more than half its population of 4.2 million...

Portugal to lift most remaining COVID-19 curbs, PM calls for responsibility 23 Sep 2021 - 07:56 pm

LISBON - Portugal will lift almost all remaining COVID-19 restrictions, allowing full occupancy in restaurants and cultural venues from Oct. 1, Prime Minister...

New York faces new flood threat just weeks after Ida’s havoc 23 Sep 2021 - 07:37 pm

New York and the U.S. Northeast are facing another flood threat just three weeks after the remnants of Hurricane Ida devastated the region,...

Novavax applies to WHO for emergency listing of COVID-19 vaccine 23 Sep 2021 - 07:27 pm

Novavax Inc and its partner Serum Institute of India have applied to the World Health Organization for an emergency use listing of Novavax's...

EU drugs regulator to decide on Pfizer vaccine booster in early October 23 Sep 2021 - 07:23 pm

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) aims to decide in early October whether to endorse a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to...

Belarus has found spies working for West in state factories, president says 23 Sep 2021 - 04:41 pm

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said some employees at state-run factories were secretly working for the West against his government on Thursday after human...

Sweden eyes giving third COVID vaccine dose to more people 23 Sep 2021 - 04:37 pm

STOCKHOLM: Sweden is looking into giving a third dose COVID vaccine to a larger part of the population over fears that the protective...

Russia's COVID-19 deaths return to record daily highs 23 Sep 2021 - 03:34 pm

MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday reported 820 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, matching an all-time high set on Aug. 26, and authorities...

One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones 23 Sep 2021 - 03:33 pm

London: The European Union unveiled plans Thursday that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices. The EU...