May2021

The European Pharmaceutical Agency (EMA) has approved Pfizer-Bioentech vaccines for children between the ages of 12 and 15. Experts believe that this has paved the way for the start of the vaccination program for school children....

Bashar al-Assad has been elected president of Syria for the fourth time in a row. He was elected with more than 95 percent votes. However, the country’s opposition parties have called the election a farce. The...

The Bangladesh national football team reached Qatar safely to take part in their remaining three matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 (preliminary joint round). A Qatar Air Lines...

The World Health Organization’s director for Europe warned Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic won’t be over until at least 70 percent of people are vaccinated. “The pandemic will be over once we reach 70 percent minimum...

The Oscars have been postponed for a second consecutive year, and relaxed eligibility rules allowing films to skip movie theatres will be kept in place due to the pandemic, the Academy said Thursday. The 94th Academy...

The Covax global vaccine-sharing programme said Thursday it needs $2.0 billion in additional funding by the beginning of June in order to boost coronavirus inoculation programmes in lower-income countries. “We need an additional $2 billion to...

Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the government has decided to subsidize hotel cost for the Saudi Arabia-bound expatriate workers, who are required to stay in quarantine for seven days after landing in the...

Nepal’s prime minister Thursday called on the international community to supply the Himalayan nation with nearly 40 million Covid-19 shots to combat a new wave of infections that has overwhelmed hospitals. The country of nearly 30...

Canada on Thursday formally apologized for interning more than 600 Italian-Canadians during World War II. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, addressing the House of Commons, also apologized for harm suffered by members of the community, with about...

The United States views the previous stage of the research into origins of the coronavirus initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “inconclusive” and calls to move to phase 2 with the study again carried...