The Delta variant, the significantly more transmissible strain of COVID-19, is expected to become a "dominant lineage" if current trends continue, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned after
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A prominent Muslim Bangladeshi cleric issued a fatwa against people using Facebook’s ‘haha’ emoji, calling it “totally haram” for Muslims.The cleric posted a three-minute video in which he talked abou
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A single dose of Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine offers around 60 per cent protection against infection from SARS-CoV-2 in adults aged 65 years and above, according to a study published in The
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At least three people were killed and 20 others left injured in a blast that took place in a residential area of Pakistan's Lahore on Wednesday.A number of reports claimed that the blast occurred near
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Russia fired warning shots at a British Navy destroyer in the Black Sea after it violated the country's territorial waters, the Russian defence ministry said in a statement to news agencies.The HMS D
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Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily announced Wednesday it will print its final edition after authorities froze its assets using a sweeping new national security law, silencing the city's m
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