The United Kingdom is in mourning today at the loss of their beloved Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was 99 years old, two months before he would have turned 100. He was married to the Queen for 74 years. Throughout...
The United States on Thursday restricted trade with top Chinese supercomputing centers, saying that Beijing’s growing efforts in the field could have military uses that pose dangers. The seven centers or entities were put on the US government’s entity list, which...
Thousands of users of Facebook services expressed dismay as Facebook Inc’s platforms including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram went down on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. In the meantime, the #FacebookDown started trending on Twitter. Reports by users showed more...
A person stands in front of the flames in Newtownabbey, Belfast on April 3, during a week of rioting. — AFP LONDON: Concerns continue to grow over the long-term prospect of peace in Northern Ireland following days of violence in the...
A container carrying first shipment of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine doses, as part of the UN global Covax programme, arrives at the Noi Bai International Airport Cargo terminal in Hanoi on April 1, 2021. — AFP/File Despite delays dogging deliveries,...
New Zealand health officials confirmed a fresh community case of Covid-19 in Auckland Thursday, just two days after the country celebrated its largely virus-free status by approving a travel bubble with Australia. There was no suggestion New Zealand’s largest city would...
This file illustration photo shows vials with COVID-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes, with the logo of the University of Oxford and its partner British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. — AFP/File As several countries battle fresh virus surges amid vaccine shortfalls, the...
SYDNEY: As Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces public anger over sluggish vaccine rollout, he shifted the blame on EU saying that restricted vaccine supply from Europe was causing hinderance in the country’s coronavirus inoculation efforts. Scott Morrison said vaccine shortages...
San Francisco: Facebook said Tuesday that hackers “scraped” personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists. A trove of information about more than 530...
Photo: File. LONDON: A British trial of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on children has been paused while regulators assess its possible link to blood clots, Oxford University, which helped develop the jab, said Tuesday. “Whilst there are no safety concerns in...
