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Rio de Janeiro: Even as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro launched the country’s mass coronavirus inoculation programme, he insisted he won’t get the vaccine shot. Bolsonaro was critical of coronavirus vaccines,...

Washington: US Vice-President Mike Pence on Friday received his COVID-19 shot in a televised event at the White House to encourage Americans get the vaccine. According to a Reuters report,...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the presidential Elysee Palace announced on Thursday. “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 today,” Macron’s...

Tokyo: A 30-year-old man who admitted to killing nine people after contacting them through Twitter has been sentenced to death in Japan. In a case that sent shock waves throughout...

Paris: With wealthier nations reserving more than half of next year's potential doses of the COVID vaccine, it is expected that poorer nations will be left behind. At least a...

Tokyo: A record 3 million birds have been culled in Japan in what is presumed one of the worst bird flu outbreaks. The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemic has...

Washington: Joe Biden was given a majority of its votes by the Electoral College on Monday and confirmed his victory in the last month’s Presidential election. This had an added...

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday tweeted about the first COVID-19 vaccination. The shots are made by Pfizer and BioNTech. Trump, in the celebratory tweet, congratulated USA and the world...

Beijing: It is almost a year and the epicentre of COVID-19, Wuhan's wet market still remains shut. The market is barricaded and it stands even now. While China claims the...

Google services went down abruptly on Monday evening only to be restored sometime later. Lakhs of people connected to the services for their work reported having trouble establishing connections to...