US working with Taliban on securing additional flights from Afghan capital – secretary of state
Washington is negotiating with the Taliban to secure extra charter flights from Kabul airport for…More
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Deadlier than Covid-19, but less contagious: What we know about Nipah bat-borne virus threatening to become new scourge in India
The Indian health authorities are sounding the alarm after a weekend in which a dozen…More
South Korea becomes first nation without nuclear weapons to develop submarine-launched ballistic missile capability – media
South Korea has successfully test-fired a domestically developed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), becoming the first…More
Encrypted email website ProtonMail passes user’s IP address to French authorities, leading to arrest of climate activist
A French climate activist has been arrested after the private email service ProtonMail cooperated with…More
Japan to purchase 150 million doses of Novavax’s Covid jab produced by country’s drug-maker Takeda
Japanese drugs manufacturer Takeda has announced that Tokyo has commissioned it to produce US firm…More
THIRD person dies in Japan after receiving Moderna Covid vaccine from batch recalled over stainless steel contamination
Japanese health authorities have confirmed that a third man has died the day after he…More
Nipah infections rise to 11 in India after virus with no vaccine available kills 12yo boy in Kerala
At least 11 people in the Indian state of Kerala are believed to have contracted…More
Vietnamese man gets FIVE YEARS behind bars for breach of Covid-19 quarantine & spreading virus
A court in Vietnam’s Ca Mau province has sentenced a local man to five years…More
El Salvador buys its first bitcoin lot on eve of becoming first country to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that his government just purchased its first 400 bitcoins…More
German economy minister rushed to hospital during committee meeting – reports
Germany’s Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier had to be rushed to a Berlin hospital after…More