New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hold a joint press conference at Admiralty House in Sydney February 28, 2020. Both countries have managed the Covid-19 crisis more successfully than most other developed nations. WELLINGTON: New Zealand will allow quarantine-free visits by Australians from […]
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KUALA LUMPUR: Facebook makes it so easy for us to automatically link our accounts to other features, sites, and other apps. But here’s a little reminder to check up on the kind of personal data you’ve added on the widely used platform, as Israeli cybersecurity company Hudson Rock co-founder Alon […]
LONDON: The UK medical regulator said Saturday (Apr 3) that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died. The British acknowledgement of deaths comes as several European countries have paused the use of the AstraZeneca jab over a potential link to blood […]
PARIS: Both legs of Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final meeting with Porto will be played in Seville, Spain over restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, European soccer’s governing body Uefa said today. The first leg will take place on April 7 at Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan with the return fixture scheduled for […]
TOKYO: Japan and Indonesia pledged today to tighten security ties and signed a deal to facilitate transfers of defence equipment and technology between two Asian nations, as China expands its economic and military might. China’s territorial claims in the East and South China seas have become a priority issue in […]
LONDON: Britain could approve Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine next month, the chief investigator for the shot’s trial told the Evening Standard newspaper. “The regulator will do a very detailed and thorough review and will decide in good time,” said Professor Paul Heath, chief investigator for the Novavax jab trial in the […]
LOS ANGELES: Google’s Maps app will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon emissions based on traffic, slopes and other factors, the company announced on Tuesday (Mar 30). Google, an Alphabet Inc unit, said the feature would launch later this year in the US and eventually […]
LISBON: Portugal will extend its suspension of flights to and from Brazil and the United Kingdom until April 15, the government said today, in a bid to limit the spread of Covid-19 variants. Only residents of Portugal and the European Union will be able to travel between the three countries […]
Black Adam has been directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, who has also helmed the Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt movie Jungle Cruise. Dwayne Johnson on Monday revealed the release date of his upcoming DC movie, Black Adam. The superstar took to his Instagram page to share the update with his fans. […]
MANILA: The Philippines’ health ministry on Monday recorded 10,016 new coronavirus infections, the country’s third record daily spike in cases over the past five days. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases had increased to 731,894, while confirmed deaths reached 13,186, including 16 more casualties today. Most of […]