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NATO chief says ‘no new Cold War’ with China

BRUSSELS: Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday there is no new Cold War with China but the western allies will have to...

Afghanistan peace process is shared obligation of all stakeholders: Pakistan FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan peace process is the shared obligation of all stakeholders and one country alone cannot take responsibility for any negative outcome, Pakistan...

Iran approves first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine

TEHRAN: Iran's state TV is reporting that the country has approved an emergency use of its first domestically developed coronavirus vaccine that could bring...

NATO leaders to bid symbolic adieu to Afghanistan at summit

BRUSSELS: US President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts will bid a symbolic farewell to Afghanistan on Monday in their last summit before America...

UK scientists develop gadget that sniffs out COVID-19

London: Electronic devices may soon be used to identify the presence of infection in a crowded space using body odour profiles after scientists in...

Coronavirus variants can evade antibodies by spreading via super-cells new research

Birmingham: (The Conversation) The antibodies we create after we're infected with a virus or vaccinated against it can be very powerful. A virus typically spreads...

To counter China, G7 leaders agree on increased climate finance

CARBIS BAY (UK): G7 leaders will commit on Sunday to increase their climate finance contributions to meet an overdue spending pledge of $100 billion...

China says opposed to US plans to deploy missiles in neighbouring countries

Calls US and Russia to reduce their nuclear weapons Beijing: China is opposed to US plans to deploy missiles and defensive systems in neighbouring countries...

G7 to counter China’s clout with big infrastructure project: Senior US official

CARBIS BAY: The Group of Seven will seek to rival China’s multi-trilliondollar Belt and Road initiative on Saturday by announcing a global infrastructure plan...

China’s aggressive behaviour in Indo-Pacific can spark crisis there: US defence secy

WASHINGTON: Describing China as a pacing challenge, US defence secretary Llyod Austin said Beijing's "aggressive behaviour" in the IndoPacific could spark a crisis in...

G7 leaders open summit with drive for billion COVID vaccine doses for poor countries

CARBIS BAY (UNITED KINGDOM): G7 leaders on Friday opened their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with an expected pledge to donate one...

India, Kuwait sign MoU for cooperation on recruitment of domestic workers

KUWAIT: India and Kuwait have signed an MoU that brings Indian domestic workers in the Gulf nation within the ambit of a legal framework...

24 air passengers quarantined in Pakistan after trained dogs identify them as Covid-19 carriers

Peshawar: Twenty-four people, who arrived at the airport here on Thursday from a flight from the UAE, were sent to quarantine centres after trained...

WTO to intensify talks over protections of COVID-19 vaccines

GENEVA: World Trade Organisation member states agreed on Wednesday to intensify talks toward improving access to COVID-19 products, as developing nations push for a...

Jaishankar meets Qatari NSA; thanks him for support in India’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic

DOHA: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met Qatar's National Security Advisor Mohamed Bin Ahmed Al Mesned and thanked him for the Gulf...

China has ability to try to ‘disturb’ rules-based order which US, its allies strongly defend: Blinken

WASHINGTON: China is the single nation that militarily, economically, diplomatically and politically has the ability to try to "disturb" the rules-based order that America,...

High vaccination rates can help reduce risk of variants: WHO

Geneva: A top World Health Organisation official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the risk...

India elected to UN Economic and Social Council for 2022-24 term

UNITED NATIONS: India has been elected to the Economic and Social Council, one of the six main organs of the United Nations, for the...

36 killed, scores injured as two passenger trains collide in Pakistan’s Sindh

Karachi: Two passenger trains collided in Pakistan’s southern Sindh Province early Monday morning, killing at least 36 people and injuring scores of others, according...

China dismisses Trump’s USD 10 trillion compensation demand for COVID-19 spread

BEIJING: China on Monday rejected former US president Donald Trump's demand to pay USD 10 trillion as reparations to America and the world for...

China authorises CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine for children above 3 years

Beijing: China has authorised the emergency use of CoronaVac, a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese firm Sinovac, for children aged between 3 and 17...

Parkinson’s disease: we don’t have a cure yet but treatments have come a long way

Oxford/Nijmegen: (The Conversation) British broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has revealed he is one of more than 10 million people living with Parkinson's disease worldwide. It...

UK urges commitment to vaccinate world against Covid by end of 2022 at G7 summit

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the Group of Seven wealthy democracies’ summit next week to urge world leaders to commit to...

Roadside bomb kills 11 minivan passengers in northwest Afghanistan

KABUL: A minivan carrying civilian passengers in northwest Afghanistan was hit by a roadside bomb, leaving at least 11 passengers dead, including three children,...

Gunmen kill 100 civilians in Burkina Faso village

Niamey (Niger): Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest...

Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers: Report

WASHINGTON: Top US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might...

Pfizer jab produces less antibodies against Delta variant of coronavirus: Lancet study

People fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are likely to have more than five times lower levels of neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant...

UN says pandemic created an ‘unparalleled’ employment crisis

United Nations: The COVID-19 pandemic has created an “unparalleled” global labour market crisis that will affect the employment market for years, the International Labor...

Only one of three COVID strains of B.1.617 first detected in India now a ‘variant of concern’: WHO

UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said only B.1.617.2, one of the three strains of the B.1.617 COVID-19 variant first detected in...

China, Pak, Afghanistan FMs to hold trilateral meeting to discuss Afghan peace prospects after US troops withdrawal

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host a trilateral meeting with his counterparts from Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday to discuss the Afghan...

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