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A ransomware attack against Brazilian meat-packing giant JBS has disrupted production in the U.S., Canada and Australia. JBS is the world's largest meatpacker and the attack caused its Australian operations to shut down on Monday and …

Amsterdam, June 1: The Netherlands on Tuesday lifted the ban on passenger flights from India. The ban was imposed on April 26 in view of rising COVID-19 cases in India. "As per the Dutch Government ban on passenger…

China has confirmed the first case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu five years after a variant of the disease killed 300 people. A 41-year-old man, from Zhenjiang in the eastern province of Jiangsu, was hospitalised on April…

Geneva, June 1: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday approved the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac for emergency use, the second Chinese vaccine to receive the global health body's green light. The…

Joe Biden on Tuesday will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the massacre of hundreds of Black Americans by a white mob in Tulsa, Okla., as he marks one of the worst chapters in the country's history of racial…

Zero. That, for the first time since the pandemic hit in full force, was the number of COVID-19 deaths the UK government announced on Tuesday (early Wednesday AEST).The milestone, reflecting the devastating impact the coronavirus has…

Sinovac, China's COVID-19 Vaccine, Approved by WHO For Emergency Use: #BREAKING WHO approves China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use pic.twitter.com/8D3NCkyw8X — AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 1, 2021…

London, June 1: An 11-year-old Indian-origin boy from south-east England, who has led daily Yoga classes for 40 children across 14 countries during the coronavirus lockdown, on Tuesday received UK Prime Minister…

Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam and Deputy Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Howard Njoo on new guidance regarding the interchangeability of COVID-19 vaccines.

London’s Transparent Floating Pool, Suspended 115 Feet Above the Ground, Is One of Its Kind Swimmers enjoy warm weather in London at the Sky Pool which is believed to be the world’s first transparent pool built…

A passenger was filmed kicking a man and pulling a woman's hair amid a row about facemasks on a Ryanair flight. The confrontation broke out on a service from Ibiza, Spain to Milan in Italy and saw a brown-haired woman become increasingly…

Victorian officials are set to announce the snap lockdown will be extended after a meeting of health officials and senior government figures overnight.Much concern rests on the specific Indian variant that has been spreading throughout the…

New Delhi, June 1: In a show of solidarity, foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa opted for a collective 'namaste' during the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting on Tuesday. External…

Male teachers ditched their trousers and wore skirts in a show of support for a boy who was expelled for doing just that. Borja Velazquez, 36, and Manuel Ortega, 37, took inspiration from Mikel Gomez after he was told to stay at home…

New South Wales is on high alert after a confirmed positive Covid case from Melbourne visited the state's south coast while potentially infectious. New South Wales Health was notified the person had been to Jervis Bay, Goulburn, Hyams…

Netherlands Lifts Ban on Passenger Flights From India From June 1:  Netherlands lifts the ban on passenger flights from India, starting from today pic.twitter.com/WhStfWCcZD — ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2021 (SocialLY…

The sightseers were on a boat trip hoping to see some of the wild animals, but they got more than they bargained for when one hippo chased the group's boat as they made a hasty retreatThis terrifying video shows the moment a hungry hippo…

Canada's gross domestic product grew for the 11th month in a row in March as the total value of all goods and services produced by the country expanded by 1.1 per cent from February's level. Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that 18 of…

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, June 1: A black day was observed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against the 'unnatural' and 'unconstitutional' merger of erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the province. Scores of…

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, as well as four other senior members of the imperial family, received coronavirus vaccinations Tuesday in Tokyo, sources close to the matter said, marking the first confirmed…

The government said Tuesday that it will impose a six-day quarantine period on travelers who have recently been to Vietnam and Malaysia as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the highly-contagious Indian coronavirus…

Once ideas about how to manage the economy become entrenched, it can take generations to dislodge them. Something big usually has to happen to jolt policy onto a different track. Something like COVID-19.In 2020, when the pandemic hit…

Islamabad, June 1: After Pakistan and Russia signed a fresh agreement to lay a gas pipeline, prospects of Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Islamabad for the very first time were on the cards. The project,…

From partners keeping secret savings accounts to people feeling anxious about not earning enough, it’s no wonder money has long been a taboo topic of discussion.From partners keeping secret savings accounts to people feeling anxious about…

London, Jun 1: London's busy Heathrow Airport opened a dedicated new terminal on Tuesday for arrivals from countries designated as "red list", such as India, for a higher risk of COVID-19 transmission. Travellers on…

Former trade minister Isshu Sugawara has conveyed his intention to resign as a lawmaker after coming under investigation again over a money and gift scandal that prosecutors had once dropped, a senior Liberal Democratic Party official…

Moscow – Nikita Nagornyy, the world all-around champion gymnast, comes into his second Olympics as a favorite after reaching milestones that could propel him to the top of the podium in Tokyo.The 24-year-old Russian has dominated…

A Tokyo park that was set to host a public viewing event for the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer will be used as a mass COVID-19 vaccination site, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Tuesday.The public viewing event for the Olympics…

Alice Springs Deputy Mayor Jacinta Price says she has had "an enormous amount of encouragement" around the country to throw her hat in the ring again and run for a seat in the federal Senate. "Running for the Senate, being able to have…

Naomi Osaka, arguably the best female tennis player in the world, withdrew from the French Open on Monday after a dispute over her boycotting news conferences led to the 23-year-old star being forced to choose between her mental…