Mexican doctor hospitalised after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
Reuters, Mexico City :Mexican authorities said they are studying the case of a 32-year-old female doctor who was hospitalized after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.The...
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US Senator Cruz leads long-shot Republican bid to overturn Biden’s victory
Reuters :US Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory...
Chanting anti-US slogans, Iraq militia supporters mark year since Soleimani’s killing
Reuters, Baghdad :Tens of thousands of supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups chanted anti-American slogans in central Baghdad on Sunday to mark the anniversary of...
Aviation deaths rise worldwide in 2020 even as fatal incidents, flights fall
Reuters :The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by...
Tehran to enrich uranium to 20%, UN says
BBC Online :Iran intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, the UN’s atomic watchdog says – its most significant breach of an international nuclear...
French police shut down huge party defying Covid-19 restrictions
Reuters :French police shut down on Saturday a huge party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year’s Eve in defiance of a...
Afghan journalist shot dead
Reuters :An Afghan journalist was shot dead in a car ambush in the central province of Ghor, the fifth media professional to be killed in...
China confirms Uighur doctor jailed for ‘terrorism’
AFP :A Uighur Muslim doctor has been jailed on terrorism charges, Beijing confirmed, after her family told US politicians she had been sentenced to 20...
Prayers allowed on Prophet Mosque roof in Saudi Arabia
Gulf News :Saudi authorities have allowed worshippers to perform prayers on the roof of the Prophet Mosque in the holy city of Medina, according to...
British PM Boris Johnson`s father seeks French citizenship
AFP :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s father Stanley Johnson confirmed plans on Thursday (Dec 31) to seek French citizenship as the free movement of Britons...
Our children die in our hands: Floods ravage South Sudan
AP, South Sudan :On a scrap of land surrounded by flooding in South Sudan, families drink and bathe from the waters that swept away latrines...
Myanmar insurgents say they released ruling party politicians
Reuters :Insurgents from western Myanmar on Friday released three ruling party politicians who had been kidnapped from conflict-torn Rakhine state, a spokesman for the insurgent...