PARIS: Europe’s stuttering vaccine rollout faced multiple shocks today as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of the Johnson & Johnson shot and France further limited its use of the AstraZeneca jab. Much of the world is still in the clutches of the pandemic that has killed 2.9 […]
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ISTANBUL: The United States will send two warships through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea next week, the Turkish foreign ministry said today, as tensions simmer between Russia and Ukraine. The ships will pass through the Bosphorus and enter the increasingly restless region on April 14 and 15 and leave […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Friday (Apr 9) lodged a claim for US$17.38 million with the Greek owners of an oil tanker that caught fire and left a spill stretching 40km off the South Asian island. The New Diamond vessel was travelling from Kuwait to India with 270,000 tonnes of crude […]
LONDON: Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband and a pivotal figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said today. The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had been by his wife’s side throughout her 69-year reign, the longest in British […]
Netflix renewed Money Heist for its fifth and final season last year. The Spanish crime drama is currently under production and is expected to release later this year. Its been a year that season four of La Casa De Papel or Money Heist premiered on Netflix. The Spanish crime drama […]
BEIJING: China today accused Britain of sheltering “wanted criminals” after prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law said he had been granted political asylum there. London and Beijing are at bitter odds over the fate of Hong Kong, with Britain accusing China of tearing up its promise to maintain key […]
Jane McDonald has announced the death of her fiancé Eddie Rothe, a musician best known for being the drummer in Liquid Gold and later The Searchers. Singer and TV presenter McDonald said Rothe had “been battling lung cancer for the last few months”. He died two weeks ago aged 67. […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Perak FC staged a strong fightback to defeat Super League minnows UiTM FC 3-2 at Perak Stadium in Ipoh last night. Ghanaian striker Nana Poku shocked the hosts in the 20th minute through a penalty, which was awarded after he was brought down by Perak FC defender Muhammad […]
STOCKHOLM: The Swedish Medical Products Agency said today the benefits of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine outweighed the risks after the EU drug regulator said it had found a possible link between the shot and rare blood clots. Sweden paused the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in March after reports of […]
STOCKHOLM: Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, registered 6,814 new coronavirus cases today, health agency statistics showed. The country of 10 million inhabitants registered 45 new deaths, taking the total to 13,578. The deaths registered have occurred over several days and sometimes weeks. Sweden’s death rate per capita […]