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The increasingly lethal turn has filled hospitals, complicated the start of the school year, delayed the return to offices and demoralised healthcare workers.

Now, a drone footage shared by Reuters shows a glimpse of how the La Palma volcano seeps into a swimming pool .

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday appreciated India’s decision to export the vaccines under Vaccine Maitri to COVAX. The Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that it is an important development in support of reaching the 40 per cent vaccination target in all countries by the end of this year. The World […]

Sydney: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted 38 km south of Mount Buller in Australia’s state of Victoria on Tuesday night, the US Geological Survey said. Geoscience Australia reported the earthquake occurred at 9:15 am on Wednesday and was 10-kilometers deep. The epicentre, around Mansfield in Victoria’s north-east, is about 130 km away […]

New Delhi: The Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has banned the broadcast of the hugely popular Indian Premier League in the country over the presence of “female audience and spectators” in stadiums. Former Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) media manager and journalist M Ibrahim Momand said the live broadcast of IPL matches was banned due to possible “anti-Islamic” content. […]

The bird from Taronga zoo in Australia left the zoo authorities wondering for a short while about the source of the baby cry.

Suggested by a friend to Stephenie, the app ‘Just A Baby’ works similar to the dating app Tinder.

Washington: Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has allowed fully vaccinated flyers from several countries, including India, to enter America from early November. The US announced that strict protocols will be in place from early November to curb the spread of COVID-19 from international passengers. According to a senior government official, once the […]

London: The UK has kicked off a trial of what has been described as the world’s first multi-variant vaccine booster against Covid-19 in the city of Manchester . On Monday, a married couple, both in their 60s, became the first participants in the trial, a collaboration between the University of Manchester and a National Health […]

Toronto: Canadians gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party a victory in Monday’s parliamentary elections, but it was unclear whether his gamble to win a majority of seats paid off. The Liberals were on track to win the most seats of any party. The 49-year-old Trudeau channeled the star power of his father, the Liberal […]

Hyderabad: Having been fascinated by Disney’s animated film ‘Cars’, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, Jorge Arias of Mexico decided to collect memorabilia related to the talking motors. Collecting since the release of the film in 2006, Arias has acquired 1,200 items and now holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of ‘Cars’ memorabilia. […]

Toronto: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gambled on an early election in a bid to win a majority of seats in Parliament, but now faces the threat of being knocked from power in Canada’s election on Monday. Polls indicate Trudeau’s Liberal Party is in a tight race with the rival Conservatives: It will likely win the […]

In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload.

Bitcoin was recently adopted as legal currency in El Salvador

The artwork around the famous Parisian monument is the handiwork of an artist couple

The perfect positioning of the galaxy, as well as the discovery of gas exchange due to galactic winds, made it possible to draw up a unique map.

The Pickering pedestrian bridge, which was built by Metrolinx over Highway 401 – measuring an awe-inspiring 820 feet, was recently verified by the Guinness as the world’s longest enclosed pedestrian bridge. 

According to AppleInsider, it is likely because of the void left by high-end Huawei handsets.

Singapore: An average of about 400,000 people are infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARSr-CoVs) annually in South and Southeast Asia, according to a new study. The study by researchers at Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School and US-based non-profit EcoHealth Alliance showed that emerging diseases caused by coronaviruses of likely bat origin (for example SARS, […]

In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 226,995,950, 4,669,300.

With the help of the latest VR technologies, musicians will perform their hit songs on virtual icebergs

Having been spotted on streets of England in his full-body brain costume, a few police officers of St Helier Township Policing Unit clicked a picture with him and also posted on Twitter. 

Now, the Latvian freerunner needed some thrill for playing a large game – in a giant pinball machine.

Djoser, also known by his Hellenised names Tosorthros and Sesorthos, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Third Dynasty during the Old Kingdom and the founder of this epoch.