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Wellington: The New Zealand-made COVID-19 vaccine "Kiwi Vax" has proved to be a promising booster vaccine candidate in a preclinical study.The study has shown that its unique formulation induces a safe and highly effective immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants...

Islamabad: At least two Pakistani nationals were killed and 17 others rescued in a tragic incident of a shipwreck off the coast of southern Italy, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.Two of those onboard are still missing, spokesperson for...

Washington: The novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic may have originated in a Chinese laboratory, but there is no evidence it was a bioweapon or intentionally released, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.“The bottom line...

Washington: Two Americans were arrested earlier for sending aviation technology to Russia, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Matthew S. Axelrod announced.“Today, in Kansas City there were arrests of...

Moscow: Russian diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has hit a coastal target by launching a Kalibr cruise missile from the Sea of Japan at a distance of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles), the Pacific Fleet said on Friday."The crew of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky...

Raymond KharmujaiShillong: The ruling National People’s Party on Thursday emerged as the single largest party in Meghalaya Assembly winning 26 seats, just four short of an absolute majority in the presently 59-member house.The hung assembly means that the NPP...

Jakarta:A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's western province of West Sumatra on Thursday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysical agency BMKG said.The weather agency said that the earthquake occurred at 06:05 a.m. local time Thursday (2306 GMT Wednesday) with its...

Jakarta:One person was killed and nine others went missing after an Indonesian fishing ship sank in the Indian Ocean, and a search and rescue operation is underway, a senior rescuer said on Thursday.Head of the Search and Rescue Office...

Canberra: The Australian government has deployed army personnel to assist with evacuations from flooded communities in the Northern Territory (NT).Minister for Emergency Management Murray Watt on Thursday approved a request from the NT government for Australian Defence Force (ADF)...

Manila: Philippine troops clashed with around 20 suspected left-wing rebels in the central Philippines, killing four insurgents, a military spokesperson said on Thursday.Colonel Jorry Baclor said the encounter occurred Wednesday on the outskirts of a city in Negros Occidental...