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At least 36 people killed in fire aboard packed ferry in Bangladesh-
By PTI DHAKA: At least 36 people died and nearly 200 others were injured on Friday, December 24, 2021, after a ...
Japan won’t send government delegation to Beijing Olympics-
By Associated Press TOKYO: Japan announced Friday, December 24, 2021, it won’t send a delegation of ministers to represent the ...
South Korea ex-President Park, jailed for corruption, is pardoned-
By BNS SEOUL: The South Korean government said Friday, December 24, 2021, it will grant a special pardon to former President ...
Singapore experts-
By PTI SINGAPORE: The new and highly transmissible Omicron variant of the deadly coronavirus has increased immune escape compared with ...
UK data suggests hospitalization is less likely with omicron
LONDON – Preliminary data suggests that people with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are 50% to 70% less likely ...
Putin blames West for tension with Ukraine, experts divided on invasion threat
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed the West for heightened tensions on the Ukrainian border and claimed the Kremlin ...
3.5 million died of Covid this year; no country can boost its way out of the pandemic: WHO chief-
By Online Desk GENEVA: WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has informed that 2021 was a year in which 3.5 million ...
Ray of hope? Omicron less severe than Delta variant, UK studies find-
By PTI LONDON: People with Omicron are significantly less likely to develop severe symptoms, according to new analysis by the ...
Greece cancels Christmas events; Germany adds US, Spain to ‘high-risk’ areas-
By PTI ATHENS: Christmas concerts and other events have been canceled in Greece under new restrictions announced Thursday that include ...
Dubai sees a post-vaccination boom-
By PTI DUBAI: Nations around the world are lurching into lockdown, steeling themselves for a brutal surge as the omicron ...
