Online desk: Italian regulators approved the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children 12-17 years old, making it the second shot endorsed for adolescents, alongside that of Pfizer. Italian drug agency AIFA said it had ...
Days of heavy rainfall have pelted Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying dwellings and sending thousands of people to live with extended family or in communal shelters. Key points: Nearly half of July’s average rainfall ...
Online desk: A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca and then a Pfizer COVID-19 shot boosted neutralising antibody levels by six times compared with two AstraZeneca doses, a study from South Korea showed. The study involved ...
International desk: An imam of a mosque in France’s Loire region was fired after verses and hadiths he recited during his Eid al-Adha prayer sermon were considered “contrary to the values of the Republic” by ...