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World passes 3b vaccine mark
More than three billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, an AFP tally from official sources revealed yesterday, as the highly infectious Delta strain continued to cause mayhem around the world.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1960 - The Republic of Congo achieved independence from Belgium.
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1941 - Polish concert pianist and statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski died. He campaigned abroad on behalf of Poland and was briefly prime minister in 1919.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
US carries out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel and facilities in Iraq.
28 June 2021, 02:29 AM
This day in history
1902 - The United States bought the concession to build the Panama canal from a French company for $40 million.
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ray of hope for world’s smallest hog
A dozen of the world’s smallest pigs have been released into the wild in northeastern India as part of a conservation programme to boost the population of a species once thought to have become extinct.
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Freed US editor says he was tortured in Myanmar
Myanmar security forces punched, slapped and beat a US journalist and kept him blindfolded for more than a week of interrogation, he said after being
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
North Koreans worry over 'emaciated' Kim Jong Un, state media says
Everyone in North Korea is heartbroken over leader Kim Jong Un's apparent weight loss, said an unidentified resident of Pyongyang quoted on the country's tightly controlled state media, after watching recent video footage of Kim.
27 June 2021, 14:12 PM
Report: Classified UK defense papers found at bus stop
Sensitive defense documents containing details about the British military have been found at a bus stop in England, the BBC reported Sunday.
27 June 2021, 13:25 PM
Quotes of the day
"We have through COVAX this month zero doses of AstraZeneca vaccines, zero doses of SII vaccines (Serum Institute of India), zero doses of J & J (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine. The situation right now is dire."
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Dragon Man’
A skull preserved almost perfectly for more than 140,000 years in northeastern China represents a new species of ancient people more closely related to us than even Neanderthals -- and could fundamentally alter our understanding of human evolution, scientists announced Friday.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Killer cop gets over 22 yrs in jail
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Afghans to ‘decide their future’
US President Joe Biden promised Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani strong support during a White House meeting Friday but made clear he was not planning to slow the US withdrawal after nearly two decades of fighting.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1997 - At a conference in Brussels, 95 countries agreed to sign up to a ban on landmines.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Proof on UFOs ‘inconclusive’
A highly awaited US intelligence report on dozens of mysterious unidentified flying object sightings said most could not be explained, but did not rule out that some could be alien spacecraft.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Investigators seek motive after Somali man kills 3
Investigators were racing yesterday to pinpoint the motive of a man who went on a knife rampage in the German city of Wuerzburg, killing three people and leaving five seriously injured.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran rejects IAEA inspection call
The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday demanded an immediate reply from Iran on whether it would extend a monitoring agreement that expired
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Pakistan still in FATF ‘grey list’
A global dirty money watchdog said on Friday it had added European Union member Malta to its “grey list” of countries under increased monitoring, and kept Pakistan on the list despite progress on tackling terrorism financing.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Apology not enough’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role running residential schools for indigenous children, after nearly 1,000 bodies were found in two mass graves.
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
UK health minister quits after breaking COVID rules with affair
Britain's health minister Matt Hancock has resigned after he admitted breaking COVID-19 guidance by kissing and embracing an aide in his office, angering colleagues and the public during lockdown.
26 June 2021, 17:44 PM