Damascus, May 29 (IANS): At least two people were killed and 317 others injured during celebratory gunfire in Syria marking President Bashar al-Assad's re-election to a fourth term, a war monitor reported o
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Brussels, May 29 (IANS): The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15. Pfizer-BioNTech becomes the first vaccine to be authorise
Colombo, May 29 (IANS): Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) said acid rains would possibly hit the island nation as a result of the burning X-Press Pearl container ship in the waters
Bangkok, May 29 (IANS): A total of 22,101 lodged in jails across Thailand have been infected with Covid-19, a government official confirmed. In a statement on Friday, Veerakit Harnpariphan, deputy director g
Copenhagen, May 29 (IANS): The Danish government has launched its new digital "corona passport", an app named Coronapas, in a bid to facilitate travel within the European Union (EU) this summer. De
Damascus, May 29 (IANS): After scoring a sweeping victory in this weeks presidential election, incumbent Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the vote was "a slap in the faces of enemies". As
Brasilia, May 29 (IANS): At least four people were killed after a fire broke out in a Covid-19 patient area at a public hospital in the Brazilian city of Aracaju, capital of Sergipe state, local authorities sai
Ottawa, May 29 (IANS): The remains of 215 indigenous children were discovered at a former residential school in Kamloops in western Canada, authorities said, adding an investigation into the matter has been lau
Paris, May 28 (AP): A man with severe schizophrenia who had been on a watch list for Islamic radicalism stabbed a police officer at her station Friday in western France and shot two other officers before police
Moscow, May 28 (AP): Belarus' authoritarian leader will discuss closer economic ties with Russia on Friday, as he seeks support from his main backer amid a bruising showdown with the European Union over the
Washington, May 28 (AP): Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the government is taking a very close look at the possibility of vaccine passports for travel into and out of the United States. A
Brussels, May 28 (AP): The European Commission said on Friday it has given one month to the Chinese-owned video app TikTok to answer complaints from an European consumers group over its commercial practices.
Berlin, May 28 (IANS): An 84-year-old man went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of hoarding a stash of Nazi-era weapons, including an army tank, in the basement of his residence in the city of Kiel. The Wo-
Washington, May 28 (PTI): A prominent Hindu American advocacy group alleged on Thursday that it has been threatened by Pakistan for recently launching a website exposing the role of the Pakistan Army in the 197
Damascus, May 28 (AP): Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country following an election described as illeg
San Francisco, May 28 (IANS): The death toll in a mass shooting in California's San Jose city has increased to 10 after an injured person succumbed in a hospital, authorities said. The news was confirmed
Ottawa, May 28 (IANS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has delivered a formal apology for the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War. In June 1940, after Italy joined the war as a
Tokyo, May 28 (IANS): The Japanese government is likely to extend Covid-19 emergency measures in place for Tokyo and and eight other prefectures for another three weeks until June 20, local media reported on Fr
Wellington, May 28 (IANS): Job numbers in New Zealand reached a new high in April 2021, up 0.3 per cent since the previous March 2021 level, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Friday. F
Kabul, May 28 (IANS): A total of 23 Taliban militants were killed in airstrikes that targeted hideouts in Afghanistan's Balkh province, an army spokesman said on Friday. The sorties, according to the spo
