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Moeen Ali tests positive for coronavirus as English cricket team…
Cricketer Moeen Ali tested positive for the novel coronavirus as the English team landed in Sri Lanka on Sunday ahead of a two-Test series.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that Ali's lateral flow test - a quicker…
Pakistan, India exchange list of nuclear facilities
Islamabad, New Delhi share list of nuclear installations and strategic facilitiesBoth countries also exchanged lists of prisoners This happens every year on January 1
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Friday exchanged lists of…
Big development: US approves use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine
WASHINGTON: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorised emergency use of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's novel coronavirus vaccine after US President Donald Trump's chief of staff threatened firing the body's…
Biden identifies more administration officials, Trump vows…
WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden chose more senior aides to lead his administration’s efforts to defeat the coronavirus and rebuild the US economy, and his office confirmed on Sunday he would begin receiving classified briefings…
Up to 100 of Johnson’s lawmakers are unhappy with COVID lockdown,…
LONDON: Up to 100 lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party are unhappy with his COVID-19 tiered lockdown measures so the government may have to rely on the Labour Party to get it through parliament, Environment…
Moderna vaccine reports 100pc success in preventing severe Covid…
The American biotechnology company Moderna said it will apply for U.S. and European emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday based on full results from a late-stage study showing its vaccine was 94.1% effective with…
Coronavirus surge leads to curfew in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO: A surge in coronavirus cases will put San Francisco under a curfew beginning on Monday and trigger other restrictions related to the virus, the city announced.
The curfew requires non-essential businesses to close and…
Four killed in Karabakh blast, Azerbaijan blames Armenia
BAKU: Four Azeri civilians died Saturday after their car hit a landmine planted by retreating Armenian soldiers in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan’s prosecutor general said.
The incident occurred in a village in Fizuli…
Iran’s Khamenei promises retaliation for nuclear scientist’s…
DUBAI: Iran’s supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republic’s top nuclear scientist, raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trump’s…
Will COVID-19 vaccines protect us? Does efficacy equal…
The frontrunners in the COVID-19 vaccine race have emerged with different success rates for their shots in clinical trials, but what does that mean for the global fight against the pandemic?
U.S. drugmakers Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna…