UK against giving jabs to healthy young teens
AFP :The UK government’s independent advisory body on vaccines said Friday it would not recommend jabbing all 12- to 15- year-olds against coronavirus, arguing the...
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Venezuela government, opponents resume talks
AFP :Venezuela’s government and opposition returned to the negotiating table in Mexico City on Friday, with President Nicolas Maduro’s rivals demanding guarantees of free and...
US Navy helicopter crashes off California coast
AFP :Search and rescue operations were underway after a US Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of California, the US Pacific Fleet...
NZ Covid outbreak claims first death in six months
AFP :New Zealand recorded its first Covid- related death in six months Saturday, but health authorities said there were signs the outbreak of the highly...
Philippine Airlines files for bankruptcy
AFP :Philippine Airlines said Saturday it was filing for bankruptcy in the United States to slash $2 billion in debt as it tries to survive...
44 killed in NY in flash flooding
AFP :Flash flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed at least 44 people in the New York area overnight into Thursday, including several...
Attacker shot dead after NZ supermarket knife rampage
AFP :An Islamic State-inspired attacker injured six people in a New Zealand supermarket knife rampage on Friday before being shot dead by undercover police officers...
3m people affected in flood
AFP :More than three million people have been affected by the annual monsoon deluge as torrential rains pummel eastern India, officials said Wednesday, with villagers...
India logs 45,352 new cases, 366 fresh fatalities
PTI :With 45,352 people testing positive for coronavirus, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,29,03,289, while active cases registered an increase for the...
Biden visits troops wounded in Afghanistan war
AFP :US President Joe Biden and his wife on Thursday visited a Maryland hospital treating troops wounded in Afghanistan, four days after the US military...
Fate of UN Afghanistan mission in the balance
AFP :The fate of the United Nations political mission in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover is a source of grave concern within the global body,...
Celebrities lash out at Texas abortion law
AFP :Hollywood actors, musicians and celebrities hit out Thursday at a new law in Texas that bans nearly all abortions in the conservative US state.Reese...