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MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities administered their first shots of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine on Wednesday to residents of the capital, with people lining up at a vaccination station on the city's south side, eager to get any protection…

LONDON: United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that he is "very optimistic" about meeting the government's target of fully lifting the Covid -19 legal limits on social contact by June 21, but admitted that nothing…

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused the West of using jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny to try to "contain" Russia. "Our opponents or our potential opponents... have always relied on -- and used -- ambitious,…

WASHINGTON: The United States will switch from observer to participant in the Facilitation Council of the COVAX vaccine distribution tool, said Colin McIff, a senior official at the US Department of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday.…

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences over the passing of iconic US talk show personality Larry King, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Saturday. "They met several times. King repeatedly interviewed Putin.…

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin in his New Year's speech on Thursday urged Russians to unite in the face of the country's battle with the coronavirus pandemic. Appearing in front of the Kremlin for an address to be broadcast just…

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, is in stable condition, and examinations had given reassuring results, as per an official statement from his office on Saturday. "The President of the…

BALTIMORE: The world Covid-19 caseload is nearing 75 million cases, as per the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University. The Covid-19 dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)…