Thousands of mourners from a minority Shiite community in Pakistan on Monday protested alongside the bodies of miners killed in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The 10 miners were kidnapped before dawn on Sunday as they slept near the remote coal mine in the southwestern mountainous Machh area — 60 kilometres southeast […] More
US casino giant MGM Resorts has made an $11bn (£8.1bn) offer for British gaming organization Entain, which owns Ladbrokes. The move is the latest attempt by a casino operator to move into the online gambling business. In addition to its chain of High Street betting shops, UK-based Entain also owns a number of online sports […] More
Japan may enter a state of emergency this week as the nation grapples with soaring Covid-19 cases, several of which have been connected to a new, potentially more infectious variant. Speaking at a New Year press conference Monday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said an emergency declaration was being considered and would apply to Tokyo and […] More
In an effort to stem the tide of the COVID, Thailand has banned food, drink, and any printed materials other than safety information cards onboard domestic flights. The airlines will have to follow the regulations or could face possible penalties from their regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. This is the second time that […] More
Gone were the celebration and side by side crowds that typify Times Square on New Year’s Eve, replaced by empty roads and an eerie calm as the final moments of 2020 ticked away. This was New Year’s Eve in the age of COVID-19. Crowd control gave way to crowd prevention, as police closed the Crossroads […] More
China approved its first local COVID vaccine for general public use on Thursday, with authorities promising to give the general public free inoculations. The approval comes a day after its manufacturer, state-owned drug giant Sinopharm, said the vaccine is 79.34% successful, citing an internal analysis of Phase 3 clinical trials. Though no detailed efficacy data […] More
Even though Christmas is finished, Brittany Scharr is proceeding to play Santa by helping out restaurant laborers across her Pennsylvania town. Scharr, a former bartender and restaurant manager in the Philadelphia suburb of Media, has been going around to her town’s local restaurants to hand out $100 in cash gifts to servers and waitstaff. “It […] More
Argentina’s Congress has legalized abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, a groundbreaking move for a district that has some of the world’s most prohibitive end laws. Senators voted in favour of the bill after a marathon session with 38 in favour, 29 against and one abstention. Until now, abortions were only permitted in […] More
Britain on Wednesday turned into the principal nation on the planet to endorse a COVID vaccine created by Oxford University and AstraZeneca as it fights a significant winter flood driven by another, exceptionally infectious variation of the infection. AstraZeneca said the approval was for a two dose regime and that the vaccine had been approved […] More
Rights groups have called for an examination into the death of Karima Baloch, a Pakistani activist living in exile in Toronto, Canada. Baloch, 37, a campaigner from the restive district of Balochistan in western Pakistan, was a vocal critic of the Pakistani military and state. Toronto police issued an appeal after she went missing on […] More
There is at present one American dying of COVID-19 every 33 seconds as the country struggles to control the virus. 2020 is the deadliest year in US history – and is attributed mostly to the coronavirus pandemic. The US is on course to surpass 3.2 million overall deaths in 2020, according to preliminary data, which […] More
The CEO of BioNTech says the German drug organization is confident that its COVID vaccine works against the UK variant, yet further studies are should have been totally certain. German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but further studies are needed to be completely sure, its […] More
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