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Massachusetts: US biotech company Moderna on Monday announced a new potential Covid-19 vaccine, which has been shown to be 94.5 per cent effective at...

A female racing pigeon in Belgium was sold for a record €1.6 million ($1.9 million), online auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) said on Sunday.

WASHINGTON: The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 11 million on Sunday as states across the country moved to adopt new...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in precautionary self-isolation on Monday after contact with a lawmaker who tested positive for COVID-19 as Brexit talks...

Muscat: The UAE will grant a golden residency card for a period of 10 years to PhD holders, doctors, distinguished students, and some other specialities,...

BEIRUT: Restaurants, bars, cafes, gyms and malls closed their doors on Saturday as Lebanon entered its first day of a two-week lockdown to restrict the...

Kolkata: Legendary Bengali actor and Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner Soumitra Chatterjee, known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director...

Storm Vamco barreled into Vietnam on Sunday after wreaking devastation in the Philippines , where the death toll rose further and the search for survivors...

German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag that the partial lockdown measures would likely last many more months and...

WASHINGTON: Newly appointed US Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller told the military that all wars must end and it is time to come home,...