AstraZeneca withdraws request for Swiss approval of universal COVID shot-
By PTI BERLIN: AstraZeneca said Thursday that it is withdrawing its application for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine in Switzerland […]
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US mandates vaccines or COVID tests for big companies by January 4-
By PTI NEW YORK: Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need
Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions-
By Associated Press AUSTIN: The Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas over new election laws that outlasted a summer of
US President Joe Biden’s big bill on brink of House votes, but fights remain-
By Associated Press WASHINGTON: Democrats in the House appear on the verge of advancing President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic
American tourists in hiding at Cancun resort after reports of active shooter
American tourists went into hiding at a Hyatt resort in Cancun, Mexico Thursday afternoon amid reports of an active shooter. Mike
China mocks ‘powerless’ Biden over climate summit ‘apology’
China has taken President Biden’s comments in Glasgow climate summit as a chance to mock the president as “powerless,” despite
Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker
Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two U.S.
Iranians mark anniversary of 1979 US embassy takeover by chanting ‘Death to America’
Thousands of Iranians gathered on Tehran streets Thursday for the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy, chanting
UK primary school asks boys to wear skirts to ‘promote equality’
A grade school in Scotland asked male and female students and teachers to wear skirts to class to “promote equality.” “We
UK authorizes Merck’s COVID pill, 1st shown to treat COVID-19-
By PTI LONDON: Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck’s coronavirus antiviral, the first pill shown to successfully treat