Iranian Navy’s largest vessel catches fire & sinks in Gulf of Oman (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
The largest vessel operated by the Iranian Navy, the IRIS Kharg, caught fire and sank…More
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School days may get longer, says UK education minister, as govt unveils £1.4bn scheme to make up for lessons lost to lockdowns
Britain’s education minister has said the government is mulling whether the school day should be…More
Australia’s Victoria state pushes ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown into 2nd week after 15 new Covid cases in last 2 days
The Australian state of Victoria will extend a snap lockdown into a second week amid…More
‘Lucky strike’? Space debris punches hole in robotic arm on International Space Station
A piece of orbital debris crashed into the robotic arm on the International Space Station,…More
Morocco says it will take back child migrants stuck in Ceuta amid row with Madrid over Spanish enclave
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has instructed the foreign and interior ministries to take back…More
EU Covid-19 certificate system goes live as 7 countries kickstart scheme to re-open summer travel
The technical system supporting the EU’s Covid-19 certificate scheme to facilitate European travel has gone…More
Italians furious as ‘people-slayer’ mafia boss linked with 100 killings is released from prison after 25 years
Sicilian mafia boss Giovanni Brusca, dubbed the ‘people slayer’, has been released from Rome’s Rebibbia…More
WHO approves Chinese Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, saying world ‘desperately’ needs more jabs
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine, saying the Chinese-developed jab will…More
Israeli scientists extend lives of mice by 23%, say same may be possible for humans
A new study in which scientists extended the lifespan of laboratory mice by 23% through…More
Pakistan launches single-shot ‘PakVac’ Covid-19 jab developed by China’s CanSino
Pakistan has launched a one-shot Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics for use in…More