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EU regulator OKs Pfizer vaccine booster for 18 and older-
By PTI AMSTERDAM: The European Union’s drug regulator gave its backing Monday to administering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 ...
40-member group of mostly Indians wins 10-million dirham lottery in the UAE-
By PTI DUBAI: A 40-member group, including 38 Indians working at a Qatar-based hypermarket chain, have won 10 million dirhams ...
Facebook chose profit over public safety-
By PTI NEW YORK: A data scientist who was revealed Sunday as the Facebook whistleblower says that whenever there was ...
UK’s ‘simplified’ travel rules does not cover vaccinated Indians-
By PTI LONDON: Britain’s so-called “simplified” international travel system that scraps an amber list of medium COVID-19 risk countries took ...
China makes largest Taiwan air incursion ever
In the past four days, China’s Air Force has flown 149 aircraft inside Taiwan’s air defense zone, including 56 on ...
Japan’s new PM Fumio Kishida to seek fresh mandate to handle virus, economy-
By PTI TOKYO: Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he will dissolve the lower house next week ...
UN experts decry possible crimes against humanity in Libya-
By PTI GENEVA: Investigators commissioned by the United Nations’ top human rights body said Monday they turned up evidence of ...
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer major global outage-
By IANS NEW DELHI: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger went down for millions of users, including in India, on Monday ...
New Zealand can’t eradicate coronavirus completely, government says
New Zealand’s government acknowledged Monday what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of ...