ZURICH: Moderna is gearing up to halve the dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday, so that it can...
ZURICH: Moderna is gearing up to halve the dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday, so that it can...
Kabul: Two separate bomb blasts on two public transport buses killed at least 12 civilians in the Afghan capital Kabul, security officials said...
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to pledge an additional $800 million to the World Health Organisation's COVAX programme, which provides...
HANOI: Vietnam will resume incoming international flights to its capital Hanoi and business hub Ho Chi Minh City effective immediately, after a few...
Colombo: A cargo ship carrying tonnes of chemicals is sinking off Sri Lanka's west coast, the country's government and navy said on Wednesday,...
SYDNEY: Australia's Victoria state on Wednesday extended a snap COVID-19 lockdown for a second week in Melbourne in a bid to contain an...
Taipei: Germany's top diplomat in Taipei said his government has been helping in talks between Taiwan and drugmaker BioNTech SE to supply COVID-19...
QUITO: Ecuador this week launched a plan to vaccinate 9 million people against the novel coronavirus in 100 days, part of recently installed...
Tehran: The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial...
LONDON: Britain is in talks with Oxford and AstraZeneca for additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine that has been modified to better target...
ANKARA - Turkey has announced new travel restrictions for passengers entering the country in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus...
SANTA CLARITA, Calif - A shooting at a small Los Angeles County Fire Department station Tuesday killed one firefighter and wounded another, multiple...
TORONTO - Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the first dose can be offered either...
KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistan on Tuesday launched the locally produced single-dose CanSino COVID-19 vaccine with the help of China. Renamed as Pakvac, the...
BRUSSELS - The European Union is set to add Japan to its small list of "safe" countries from which it will allow non-essential...
GENEVA - The World Bank president said on Tuesday is was vital that the United States frees up excess COVID-19 vaccine doses for...
LONDON - Britain recorded no new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Tuesday. The last time Britain recorded no...
MILAN - Samples from a study suggesting the coronavirus was circulating outside China by October 2019 have been re-tested at the World Health...
