Vaccine complications dwarfed by virus risks :Covid
BBC Online :A major review of vaccines suggests the AstraZeneca jab does raise the risk of blood clots and another serious condition that can cause...
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Factory fire in Pakistan kills 16
AFP :At least 16 workers died and more were missing after a factory fire in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Friday, police said. More than...
Over 210 killed in Ethiopia’s ethnic feud
AFP :More than 210 people were killed over several days of ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s tense Oromia region last week, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission...
Japan stops using 1.63m Moderna over contamination
AFP :Japan has decided to halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna’s Covid vaccine after reports of contamination in several vials, drugmaker Takeda...
Covid vaccine: More than half of Indian adults have had first jab
BBC Online :More than half of India’s eligible population – some 473 million people – have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine,...
Seven US Capitol police sue Trump
Reuters :Seven US Capitol Police officers on Thursday sued former President Donald Trump, alleging that he conspired with far-right extremist groups to provoke the deadly...
Turkey holds first talks with the Taliban in Kabul
Al Jazeera :President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey held its first talks with the Taliban in Kabul, adding Ankara was still assessing the...
20 dead in Venezuela
Reuters :At least 20 people have died in the western Venezuelan state of Merida following intense rains that caused mudslides and rivers to overflow. On...
Britons critical of govt’s pandemic response
Reuters :The British public’s view of the government’s management of the coronavirus crisis has turned negative for the first time since February and they are...
‘Undefeated’ Panjshir valley in Afghanistan
BBC :Several thousand anti-Taliban fighters are reported to be holding out against the Taliban in a remote valley with a narrow entrance – little more...
Kathy Hochul becomes New York’s first female governor
AP :Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight Tuesday, taking control of a state government desperate to...