UK jobless claims jump to highest since 1996 as Covid-19 hits
LONDON: The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Britain leapt in April to its highest level in nearly 24 years and the coronavirus hit to...
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South Korean students returned to school as covid19 fears subsides
Hundreds of thousands of South Korean students returned to school.....
Some 1.7M people recover from Covid-19 globally
ANKARA: The global coronavirus recoveries surpassed the 1.7 million mark on Sunday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data...
Bangladesh may see ‘coronavirus peak next week
DHAKA: As the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus continues to rise in Bangladesh, experts say the South Asian nation may see a peak...
Indian high court repeals province’s ban on Azaan, but says no loudspeakers allowed
The high court of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), has ......
Keenly-watched Covid-19 vaccine ‘won’t be expensive’, developer says
LONDON: A keenly-watched Covid-19 vaccine will be priced to allow as wide as possible access to it, if it proves successful, and will be made at...
Trudeau says world has changed even if pandemic ends, vaccine found
OTTAWA: Canadians should accept the world will change even if a vaccine is found and the coronavirus pandemic ends, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday,...
Riz Ahmed teams up with James McAvoy for upcoming project
Actor James McAvoy is part of the star-studded cast of the first-ever audio adaptation of the graphic novel series, The Sandman, written by Neil Gaiman...
EU insists COVID-19 vaccine be available to all as Sanofi announces first shipment for US
coronavirus vaccine should be available to all countries after France's Sanofi ......
Russia aiming for coronavirus vaccine tests in June
MOSCOW: Russia plans to start clinical trials of vaccines for the novel coronavirus in June, the country’s health minister announced on Wednesday. Scientists working on the...