HANOI: Vietnam has approved China’s Sinopharm vaccine for use against Covid-19, state media reported today, making it the third shot to be endorsed in the Southeast Asian country that is tackling a new outbreak of infections. The decision to approve the Sinopharm vaccine was issued by the health ministry, the […]
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JERUSALEM: Israel was approaching the end of an era after the last-minute formation of a motley coalition that could in the next few days oust veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister. Opposition leader Yair Lapid announced the deal just minutes before a midnight Wednesday deadline, prompting celebrations […]
Facebook Inc is planning to end its policy that shields politicians from some content moderation rules, The Verge reported on Thursday (Jun 3), in what would be a major policy reversal for the world’s largest social media network. The reported change comes as Facebook is expected to announce its response […]
TOKYO: Japan’s most senior medical adviser said on Wednesday (Jun 2) that hosting the Olympics during the nation’s current state of coronavirus infections was “not normal” in one of the strongest warnings yet about risks from the troubled Games. Doctors have said the Olympics, due to start on Jul 23 […]
SHENZHEN: Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei will launch a homegrown new mobile operating system on Wednesday (Jun 2) as it fights for survival in the smartphone arena after the US blocked it from using Android. Huawei will unveil its first mobile devices loaded with the new Harmony OS in an […]
Biden told the crowd that he saw the protection of voting rights as one of the most fundamental — and most endangered — pathways to ensure racial equity. In a statement issued shortly after President Biden’s announcement in Tulsa, Okla., Vice President Harris embraced the assignment to protect voting rights. […]
The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and firefighters tried to contain it, Fars said. The vessel sank near the Iranian port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometers (790 miles) southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. The largest […]
KUALA LUMPUR: National football legend Datuk Santokh Singh has expressed his disappointment with the performance of naturalised players in Harimau Malaya’s two recent international friendlies, which they lost. The former national and Selangor defender also questioned the need for the national team to use the services of naturalised players, who […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Victoria state reported five new local COVID-19 cases on Sunday (May 30), including a worker at a Melbourne aged care facility where not all of the residents have been vaccinated. The infections on the third day of a week-long lockdown raise the total to 40 in the latest […]
A Quiet Place Part II is on a track for a massive 57.4 million dollar opening weekend, which would have been impressive in pre-Covid times, but is nearly incredible now. A Quiet Place Part II, a sequel to 2018’s horror film A Quiet Place, has set the North American box […]