SYDNEY: Australia today said it had not yet received more than three million doses of previously promised AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses amid export curbs by the European Union, leaving a major hole in its early nationwide inoculation drive. Authorities had pledged to administer at least four million first doses of […]
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LONDON: Real Madrid will benefit more than Liverpool from the absence of fans in their Champions League quarter-final, said Rafa Benitez. Liverpool face Madrid in Spain later today before next week’s return fixture at Anfield, where the Merseyside club have struggled in the Premier League this season, with matches taking […]
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 […]
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 […]