Pfizer says Covid vaccine 90% effective in younger children
(AFP) Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in preventing symptomatic forms of...
Confusion reigns over Queen Elizabeth II's health after hospital stay
(AFP) Questions mounted Friday about the health of 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II after she had tests and spent a night...
Cartoon dreams: Netflix's Japan anime school targets booming demand
(AFP) Armed with a set of pencils and a feather to sweep away eraser dust, Hitomi Tateno is training the...
Revered conductor Bernard Haitink dies aged 92
(AFP) Bernard Haitink, widely considered one of the greatest conductors of his generation, has died in London at the age...
Body found of US roadtripper Gabby Petito's boyfriend
(AFP) Human remains found in a Florida nature reserve belong to the boyfriend of murdered road tripper Gabby Petito, US...
NBA player Kanter slams China's 'brutal' Xi on social media
(AFP) NBA player Enes Kanter on Wednesday slammed Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “brutal dictator” and declared that “Tibet...
#MeToo comes for French theatre
(AFP) For four years, the alleged rape had been wiped from Alice’s mind — “post-traumatic amnesia,” she says. When the...
Flights cancelled, schools closed as China fights virus outbreak
(AFP) Authorities in China cancelled hundreds of flights, closed schools and ramped up mass testing on Thursday to try and...
13 killed in Damascus army bus bombing: state media
(AFP) A bomb attack on an army bus in Damascus killed at least 13 people Wednesday in the bloodiest such...
Floods, landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal
(AFP) More than 100 people have died in several days of massive flooding and devastating landslides that swept away roads...
3M to pay $99 mn to settle dispute over harmful chemicals
(AFP) The US group 3M, which among other things manufactures anti-Covid protective face masks, said Tuesday it will pay $99...
Ex-Nazi death camp secretary who fled trial faces court
(AFP) A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary who absconded before her trial appeared in court in Germany on Tuesday...
Greece hands over Olympic flame to Beijing 2022 hosts
(AFP) Greece on Tuesday handed over the Olympic flame to organisers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, a day after...
Biles absence clears path for gymnastics' new wave
(AFP) Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles is not competing at this week’s world championships in Japan, but a new generation are...
UK parliament holds minute silence in tribute to slain MP
(AFP) British lawmakers on Monday fell silent in sombre tribute to a colleague who was stabbed to death while meeting...
