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Rich countries dump 100 mn near expiry Covid shots to poor nations

London: Third world nations were offered about 100 million Covid-19 vaccines that were near expiry, which the countries were forced to dump, according to the UN’s children’s fund Unicef. According to Unicef’s…
Is a British Indian in line to be UK’s next Prime Minister?

London: As Boris Johnson’s partygate troubles mount and members of his own Conservative Party demand he step down as the British Prime Minister, one name is doing the rounds as a frontrunner…

Imran Khan launches Pakistan’s first-ever National Security Policy

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday launched the country’s first-ever National Security Policy, which articulates a citizen-centric framework, placing economic security at its core unlike the previous one-dimensional security policy…
US reports over 1.5 lakh hospitalisations in 24 hrs, faces lack of medics

Washington: The number of people hospitalized in the US with Covid-19 has reached a record high — 151,261 as of Wednesday. And as the infection due to Omicron variant spreads, states and…
CSTO Peacekeepers from Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan leave Kazakhstan

Almaty: Peacekeepers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) from Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan left Kazakhstan on Friday, reported Sputnik. Three Russian Il-76 military transport planes left Kazakhstan with Armenian peacekeepers on…
2021 6th hottest year, last 8 years the warmest: NASA

New Delhi: Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied 2018 as the sixth warmest year on record, and the past eight years are the warmest, according to an independent analysis done…
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with Covid-19

Geneva: A World Health Organization (WHO) panel on Friday strongly recommended baricitinib, a drug used for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, for patients with severe or critical Covid-19 in combination with corticosteroids. The…

Rights of Afghan women, girls under attack: United Nations

Kabul: The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the rights of Afghan women and girls are “under attack” and that they need the world body’s support and solidarity…
Spain to offer booster shots to everyone aged over 18 years

Madrid: The Spanish government has agreed to offer a booster dose against Covid-19 to everyone aged over 18 in an effort to stop the further transmission of the virus. Previously the booster jab…
Pipeline spills 300,000 gallons of diesel near New Orleans

New Orleans: A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after the operator delayed needed repairs, according to federal…
Estimated 4.3 mn people in UK had COVID last week

London: An estimated 4.3 million people in private households across the UK had Covid-19 last week, up from 3.7 million in the previous week, setting a new record, the Office for National…
Nigeria lifts ban on Twitter after 7 months

Abuja: The Nigerian government has lifted the ban on Twitter, imposed in June last year, saying the micro-blogging platform has agreed to set “a legal entity” in the west African nation during…
CAIR releases report titled ‘Islamophobia in the Mainstream’

Hyderabad: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the USA’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released a new Islamophobia report titled “Islamophobia in the Mainstream,” listing 35 charitable institutions and…
Omicron rapidly replacing Delta in almost all countries: WHO

Geneva: The Omcircon variant of Covid is driving a huge spike in Covid infections across countries but the death rate is stable, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.…
Aamir Khan vs Kell Brook boxing match sets world record

A match between Pakistan-born British boxer Aamir Khan and Kell Brook set a world record for the fastest-selling tickets in the history of the sport of boxing, with 23000 tickets being sold…