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2021-12-11 13:00:19 Three vaccine doses key for tackling Omicron

UK scientists shows two doses of a Covid vaccine are not enough to stop you catching the Omicron variant. Open / Comment

2021-12-10 21:31:29 The Monkees star Michael Nesmith dies at 78

With the group, the singer and guitarist had a string of hits and starred in a TV sitcom in the 1960s. Open / Comment

2021-12-10 21:30:57 Spanish floods claim first victim as towns are engulfed

At least one person died when rivers burst their banks in northern Spain. Open / Comment

2021-10-02 10:22:42 Taiwan Reports Largest Ever Incursion By Chinese Air Force

Taiwan has reported the largest ever incursion by the Chinese air force into its air defence zone, with 38 aircraft flying in two waves on Friday as Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by China's air force near the democratically governed island, often in the southwestern part of its air defence zone close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.

The Taiwan Defence Ministry first reported Taiwanese fighters had scrambled against 18 J-16 and four Su-30 fighter jets plus two nuclear-capable H-6 bombers and an anti-submarine aircraft.

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2021-09-03 18:35:03 Hurricane Ida: At least 44 dead as flash floods drown US states

Hurricane Ida pummelled through at least four states in the northeast United States over the past day, triggering torrential rains and flash floods that swept away cars, submerged subway lines, and grounded airline flights from Virginia to New England.

While it is difficult to zero in on an exact death toll, given the extent of the damages, most of the international news agencies reporting on the incident concur that at least 44 people have died so fa, including 13 in New York City, while many are still unaccounted for. Large swaths of the affected regions still remain waterlogged as officials struggle to provide an exact rundown of the situation.

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2021-08-21 09:46:11 Zydus Cadila’s needle-free, plasmid DNA Covid vaccine gets DCGI nod

ZyCoV-D first vaccine for adolescents in 12-18 age group, 6th in the pack for adults; plans on to seek nod for 2-dose regimen.

The world’s first needle-free, plasmid DNA Covid-19 vaccine is ready to roll out from Gujarat’s Zydus Cadila. The home-grown drugmaker’s three-dose vaccine, ZyCoV-D, received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the regulator Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday.

The much anticipated vaccine is a breakthrough of sorts, as ZyCoV-D is an intra-dermal vaccine and will help those hesitant to take an injection. It becomes India’s first Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents in the 12-18 age group, and sixth in the pack of vaccines for adults. The vaccine is also the second indigenous one after Bharat Biotech-ICMR’s Covaxin.

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2021-08-20 19:55:21 Many Dead After Taliban Firing, Stampede At Afghan Independence Day Rally

Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of several Afghan cities on Thursday as popular opposition to the Taliban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd.

"Our flag, our identity," a crowd of men and some women waving black, red and green national flags shouted in the capital, a video clip posted on social media showed, on the day Afghanistan celebrates its 1919 independence from British control.

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2021-08-20 19:53:06 China approves three-child policy with sops to encourage couples to have more children

China’s national legislature on Friday formally endorsed the three-child policy mooted by the ruling Communist Party, in a major policy shift aimed to prevent a steep decline in birth rates in the world’s most populous country.

The revised Population and Family Planning Law, which allows Chinese couples to have three children, was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC).

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2021-08-13 08:26:54 Helicopter with 16 people on board crashes in Russia’s Kamchatka

A helicopter with 16 people on board, most of them tourists, has crashed in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s far east the local government said, with seven passengers unaccounted for.

The Mi-8 helicopter came down in Lake Kuril in the Kronotsky nature reserve, it said in a statement on Thursday.

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2021-08-10 14:48:07 Chinese court upholds Canadian prisoner’s death sentence, escalating tensions

In an escalation of tensions between Beijing and Ottawa, a Chinese court has upheld the death sentence of Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian national, just days before the crucial extradition hearing of Chinese telecom giant Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver. Canada has slammed the death sentence as “arbitrary”.

In an escalation of tensions between Beijing and Ottawa, a Chinese court has upheld the death sentence of Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian national, just days before the crucial extradition hearing of Chinese telecom giant Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver. Canada has slammed the death sentence as “arbitrary”.

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