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After last year's mass gathering in the Atacama desert, the Araucania region was expecting a tourism bonanza but Covid put paid to that

The 95-meter (312-foot) Aurora Australis was built in Newcastle north of Sydney and launched in September 1989.

The decision came a day after the company posted revenues of $9.8 billion in its fiscal second quarter, a growth of two per cent (on-year) and Cloud services and licence support revenues were up four per cent to $7.1 billion.

"The state of Texas's motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution," the highest court wrote in its three-sentence order on Friday.

"I am authorizing the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID?19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19," Denise Hinton, the Food and Drug Administration's chief scientist wrote in a letter to a Pfizer executive.

He reiterated that the UK government, as it leaves the 27-member economic bloc, should be free to set its own rules and regulations and not face penalties.

The probe by Bundeskartellamt or the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) announced on Thursday will examine how the linkage between Oculus VR products and the Facebook platform will affect competition

Stand-up comedy is no more just a man's world in China

Locals believe it is rich in vitamins and boosts the immune system of people suffering from Covid

According to the report, by December 2020, emissions from road transport and aviation were still below their 2019 levels, by approximately 10 per cent and 40 per cent.

Stressing the vaccine had a "strong safety profile", biotech firm CSL said: "The potential for this cross-reaction had been anticipated prior to the commencement of the trial".

Bahrain plans to inoculate everyone 18 years and older in the kingdom at 27 different medical facilities, hoping to be able to vaccinate 10,000 people a day.

With northern hemisphere countries hit by a pandemic winter surge, Britain this week became the first Western country to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Time magazine's award -- handed out annually since 1927 -- honors the person or people who most impacted the news, for better or worse, during the calendar year.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 9,767,371, while the country's death toll soared to 141,772.

The asteroid spins around like a top, rotating every 7.6 hours.

Additionally, the funding would be used to enable countries to employ cutting-edge technology and delivery systems to plan and implement the rollout of vaccines.

While asthma patients can be assumed to be at higher risk of developing respiratory complications from Covid-19, little is known about their adherence to prevention measures," said study author Francisco

The Nobels are traditionally presented on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of prize founder Alfred Nobel, a Swedish scientist and philanthropist.

Brazil has the second-highest Covid-19 death toll worldwide, after the United States, with more than 178,000 people killed.

A small gym in Phuket has become a hub of successful MMA fighters

The display at Victoria and Albert Museum looks at what a bag says about the owner and their aspirations

The Canadian government has said its target is to vaccinate majority of the citizens by September 2021.

Jennifer Newstead, Vice President and General Counsel at Facebook, said late on Wednesday that the company looks forward to its day in court, "when we're confident the evidence will show that Facebook, Instagram