2021

WASHINGTON: White House Chief Medical advisor Antony Fauci on Wednesday said that the currently available booster shots work against the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and there is no need for a variant-specific booster. "Our booster…

FRANKFORT: President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to do “whatever it takes, as long as it takes” to help Kentucky and other states after a series of deadly tornadoes that he said left a trail of unimaginable devastation. “You will…

In the Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan, India’s MiG-21s achieved thirteen victories in air combat for just a single loss John Kelly, the representative of the…

The increasing use of the Internet by women hailing from different walks of life is likely to take Arab feminism to a different level…

WELLINGTON: Thousands marched in New Zealand's capital Wellington on Thursday to protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and lockdowns, as the country reached the 90% fully vaccinated milestone. New Zealand's tough lockdown and…

LONDON: A Canadian molecular biologist on Wednesday told cross-party members of Parliament (MPs) on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan region of China is now the “more likely”…

LONDON: The owners of the Serum Institute of India, the Poonawalla family, have announced a £50 million (Rs 500 crore) donation to Oxford University to build a new research centre focused on vaccinology. The donation from Serum Life…

KABUL: In a surprising shift in the popular narrative, former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that the Taliban was invited to Kabul before the takeover of the country's capital city on August 15. Karzai revealed that he had…

The Russian embassy in Berlin (Getty)BERLIN: Germany summoned Russia's ambassador and expelled two members of its embassy staff after a court ruled on Wednesday that Moscow had ordered the 2019 Berlin murder of a Georgian citizen,…

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed Russia's "model" relations with China in a call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and confirmed he would attend Beijing's Olympics, as both countries face increasing criticism from the…