The risk of developing adverse events such as blood clots is considerably higher after infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus than after immunisation with Pfizer...
Beijing: China has established its first diplomatic contact with the Taliban in Kabul after the militant group took control of Afghanistan and the two...
Washington: Influential lawmakers from the G-7 countries have urged that India should be invited to attend the bloc’s meetings that seek to develop a...
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said the number of new coronavirus cases reported globally appears to be stabilizing at about 4.5 million infections after...
Singapore: US Vice President (VP) Kamala Harris on Monday said she believed that Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific would dictate the future of the...
MOSCOW: Russia says it will not interfere in the stand-off between the Taliban and their opponents in Afghanistan.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday,...
SINGAPORE: US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said she believes that Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific will dictate the future of the world...
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to allow Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur from next month amidst efforts to contain the fourth wave...
Obtaining two vaccine doses remains the most effective way to ensure protection against the COVID-19 Delta variant of concern (VOC), first identified in India...
Much of Japan kicked in its government “state of emergency” to curb COVID-19 infections Friday, as well as a less stringent “quasi-emergency,” although worries...
Washington: The Taliban must decide whether it wants to be recognized by the international community, US President Joe Biden said in an ABC interview...
BEIJING: China on Wednesday said it will decide on extending diplomatic recognition to the Taliban in Afghanistan only after the formation of the government...
Patients with long COVID-19 syndrome continue to have higher measures of blood clotting, which may explain their persistent symptoms such as reduced physical fitness...
BEIJING: China is ready to deepen "friendly and cooperative" relations with Afghanistan, a government spokeswoman said Monday, after the Taliban seized control of the...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the pace of the Taliban's nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan,...
Researchers from IIT Madras, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai and London’s Queen Mary University have joined hands to develop a revolutionary air sanitisation system...
MOSCOW: Russia is working with other countries to hold an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan as the Taliban completes its military takeover...
London: A COVID-19 vaccine candidate which can be administered through the nose showed a reduction in both the impact of the disease and transmission...
Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans can expect to see more children infected with the coronavirus as the highly transmissible delta variant extends its hold...
LONDON: When a World Health Organization-led team traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, a top official...
Kabul: The Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken in a week-long sweep across Afghanistan...
New Delhi: India and Saudi Arabia are all set to conduct their first-ever naval exercise, in reflection of their growing defence and military cooperation,...