France urges vaccine uptake, bans New Year’s concerts-
By PTI PARIS: French authorities on Friday urged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus ahead of the holiday festivities […]
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Surging COVID-19 cases across world bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021-
By PTI NEW YORK: US officials intensified calls Friday for unvaccinated Americans to get inoculated in the face of the
WHO approves Novavax COVID vaccine
The World Health Organization has given emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine made by U.S.-based Novavax and the Serum Institute
Pope Francis celebrates his birthday with migrants and refugees
Despite having lost part of his lung as a young man, the pope has largely been fit as a fiddle
European Union leaders press Russia to resume peace talks with Ukraine
European Union leaders on Thursday pressed Russia to return to peace talks with Ukraine and renewed their threat to impose
South Africa to give Johnson & Johnson vaccines to other African nations-
By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: South Africa will donate just over 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to
Travel curbs augur somber Christmas amid omicron uncertainty-
By Associated Press LONDON: Travel restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus are hammering the already beleaguered
PM Modi thanks Bhutan for highest civilian honour, says India will support it in every possible way-
By PTI NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked Bhutan’s king for according the country’s highest civilian decoration
North Korea, 10 years after Kim Jong Il’s death, says citizens should be more loyal to Kim Jong Un
North Korea on Friday commemorated the 10th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death with calls for greater public
Taliban prepares new Afghan budget without foreign aid-
By AFP Afghanistan’s finance ministry under the new Taliban government has prepared a draft national budget that, for the first