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Russia ships remdesivir drug to India as part of humanitarian aid 25 May 2021 - 05:23 pm

Moscow: Russia on Tuesday shipped a generic version of the remdesivir antiviral drug called Remdeform to India as part of its humanitarian aid...

US closes in on 50% adult vaccination rate as Covid cases ebb 25 May 2021 - 05:17 pm

Washington: More than half of all American adults have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said, roughly six weeks before U.S. President...

Crew evacuated after explosion on container ship off Colombo 25 May 2021 - 05:09 pm

Colombo: An explosion occurred Tuesday on a ship anchored near Sri Lanka's capital on which a fire had been burning for several days,...

Mali's former coup chief takes power after military arrests president 25 May 2021 - 04:58 pm

Bamako: Mali's interim vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita, said on Tuesday that he had seized power after the transitional president and prime minister...

UK accused of reintroducing virus restrictions on the sly 25 May 2021 - 04:30 pm

London: The British government faced accusations Tuesday that it was introducing local lockdowns on the sly after it published new guidelines for eight...

Moderna says its Covid-19 shot works in kids as young as 12 25 May 2021 - 03:07 pm

Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to...

Record-breaking Sherpa says mountain goddess warned him from 26th Everest ascent 25 May 2021 - 02:12 pm

Kathmandu: A Nepali Sherpa, who has climbed Mount Everest a record 25 times, said on Tuesday he had a dream in which a...

Earthquakes at Congo border raise fears of second volcano eruption 25 May 2021 - 02:01 pm

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: An earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude rocked the borderlands between Rwanda and Congo on Tuesday morning, the Rwandan Seismic...

Blinken in Israel on Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce 25 May 2021 - 12:49 pm

Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up...

Russia investigates oil spill off Black Sea coast 25 May 2021 - 12:35 pm

Moscow: Russian authorities in the southern region of Krasnodar said on Tuesday they were investigating an oil spill in the Black Sea and...

India police visit Twitter office after it tagged pro-Modi posts 25 May 2021 - 12:07 pm

Police visited Twitter Inc.’s empty offices in India on Monday following the company’s Friday decision to label multiple tweets from accounts linked to...

Austria bans tourist visits from Britain over India-originated Covid-19 variant 25 May 2021 - 11:07 am

Vienna: Austria is banning direct flights and tourist visits from Britain because of the prevalence there of a highly infections coronavirus variant first...

Mali's president and PM arrested by mutinous soldiers 25 May 2021 - 11:03 am

Bamako, Mali: Mutinous soldiers arrested Mali's transitional president and prime minister Monday hours after a government reshuffle left out two members of the...

Malaysian train collision injures more than 200 people 25 May 2021 - 11:00 am

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Two light rail trains collided in a tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, injuring more than 200 people, in the first...

Melbourne COVID outbreak sends a chill through Australian leagues 25 May 2021 - 10:35 am

Melbourne: An outbreak of COVID-19 in Melbourne has sent a chill through Australia's sports leagues, with an entire Australian Rules football club forced...

Finland's Finnair stops using Belarus airspace 25 May 2021 - 09:15 am

HELSINKI: Finland's flag carrier Finnair said on Tuesday it would stop using Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair...