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Japan will send 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday, as Vietnam seeks to accelerate its vaccine procurement drive to tackle a more stubborn wave of infections.The shipment of…

NBCUniversal’s broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics could be its most profitable ever, even with many parts of the world still battling the COVID-19 pandemic.Jeff Shell, who leads Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal entertainment division, made…

On his first day as a corrections officer at a Toronto jail, Glendon Thomas was barred from entering. Back in 2004 as a Black man with cornrows, Thomas says staff didn't believe he worked there and questioned if he was an inmate.  "That…

Roseau, June 15: Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi failed to appear in Magistrate's Court in Roseau on June 14 for the commencement of the trial against him over his illegal entry into the Caribbean country, because…

Twins who diced with death with an enormous crocodile have been pictured for the first time since the terrifying incident. British backpacker Georgia Laurie fought off the rampaging reptile three times after it went for her sister Melissa.…

Brussels, June 15: China on Monday rejected NATO's statement branding Beijing of presenting "systemic challenges," saying that it represents "a continuation of the Cold War mentality and bloc politics." In a…

To a growing chorus of U.S. politicians and scientists, she is the key to whether the world will ever learn if the virus behind the devastating COVID-19 pandemic escaped from a Chinese lab. To the Chinese government and public, she is…

Sharon Finnan-White is a champion of netball but feels there is an enormous amount of work still to be done to make the sport inclusive for all.Sharon Finnan-White reached the summit of her sport in 1999 when she was a key member of the…

London, June 15: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday extended COVID-19 restrictions in England till July 19, which were earlier scheduled to be lifted on June 21, saying there was concern about the spread…

New Delhi, June 15: The origin of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes COVID-19 infection, has been a mystery. There are theories that suggest the deadly virus leaked from a laboratory in China's Wuhan where the…

The uphill climb facing the Montreal Canadiens just got a little steeper. The only Canadian team with a shot at the Stanley Cup gave up a 4-1 loss Monday in their first of a best-of-seven semifinal battle against the top-seeded Vegas…

Traffic accident deaths in the nation fell to a record low of 2,839 in 2020, a government report showed Tuesday, reflecting a decline in road traffic as people refrained from nonessential outings during the COVID-19 pandemic.The…

Washington, June 15: Suicide attempts by teenage girls in the US rose by 51 per cent during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report showed that between…

Beirut – Fugitive former car executive Carlos Ghosn said Monday he was prepared for a lengthy process to clear his name with French authorities, and vowed to challenge an Interpol warrant that is barring him from travel outside of…

A baby-faced teenager will spend the next two weeks behind bars on remand after he was embroiled in Operation Ironside, a historic global sting to bring down alleged underworld figures.Apostle Broikos, 18, was arrested late last week as…

Geneva – U.N. rights experts said Monday they had “credible information” that detainees from minority communities in China may be being subjected to forced organ harvesting, a claim fiercely rejected by Beijing.The 12 independent…

Opposition parties on Tuesday submitted a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, as the ruling coalition has rejected their calls for extending the current regular parliamentary session.The Liberal…

Around eight million Brit adults take Statins every day - but a new study shows that patients with mild cognitive impairment taking lipophilic statins more than double their risk of developing dementiaStatins are one of the most commonly…

Quick sale – 10 Burrawong Ave, Mosman. Redback Boot Company boss Mark Cloros has found a buyer for his Mosman trophy home in just 10 days. The four-bedroom home at 10 Burrawong Ave, one of Mosman’s most prized streets, is believed to have…

Cookbook author and former model Chrissy Teigen broke her silence on Monday, after being accused of bullying a then-teenager on Twitter in 2011. In a Medium post, Teigen said she had been sitting in a hole of "deserved global punishment,"…

With a flurry of fist-bumps, NATO leaders concluded their first mid-pandemic summit today by taking a harder line on China than the world's leading democracies did last weekend at the G7 summit. The final communique from the trans-Atlantic…

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is challenging the federal government's decision to publicly terminate his secondment to lead Canada's vaccine logistics at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Last month, the Department of National Defence …

The reunion of a Tamil asylum seeker family detained on Christmas Island whose young daughter was medically evacuated to a Perth hospital is expected to be confirmed today.Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two daughters are fighting to…

Taipei, June 14: Despite Taiwan grappling with a worsening COVID-19 situation and shortage of vaccines, the self-governing island has refused to accept help from China, which claims the island as one of its…

Investigators digging under the home of a suspected Mexican cannibal serial killer have found 3,787 bone fragments. The bones are currently being analysed but initial results suggest they belong to at least 17 different alleged victims of…

Warsaw, June 14: The endangered Sumatran Titan arum, a giant foul-smelling blossom also known as the corpse flower, went into a rare, short bloom at a botanical garden in Warsaw, drawing crowds who waited for hours…

A young boy who was mauled by a shark has relived the terrifying moment he saw its shadow appear in the water before thinking: "I'm going to die". Jackson Bartley, 10, was snorkelling with his dad on a family holiday in Coral Bay, Perth,…

The Google Doodle on Monday celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival 2021 with an animated clip showing a group a Zongzi, a popular rice pudding in China, rowing a dragon shaped boat. The Duanwujie festival is celebrated…

A mass grave containing 123 people tortured and killed by ISIS has been discovered in Iraq, two years after the terror group was defeated. The Badush prison massacre took place in 2014 and saw inmates killed as ISIS took control of the…

Mandatory evacuations were ordered after an explosion and fire erupted at an industrial lubricant plant in Rockton, Illinois, on Monday morning, June 14, officials said. Residents living within one mile of the explosion site on Prairie Hill…