LONDON: A mixed schedule of vaccines where a shot of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is given four weeks after an AstraZeneca shot will produce better immune responses than giving another dose of AstraZeneca, an Oxford study said on Monday (Jun 28). The study, called Com-COV, compared mixed two-dose schedules of Pfizer […]
Month: June 2021
LONDON: Twice champion Andy Murray survived a third-set meltdown to beat Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3 on Monday (Jun 28) in his first singles match at Wimbledon for four years. Back on the hallowed Centre Court turf on which he made himself a British sporting icon, the 34-year-old […]
BUDAPEST: Kylian Mbappe missed the crucial penalty on Monday (Jun 28) as world champions France were sent packing from Euro 2020 in a shoot-out against Switzerland, who go through to a quarter-final tie against Spain after an unforgettable day of drama which featured a total of 14 goals in two […]
WASHINGTON: Talks between US and Britain regarding a travel corridor are increasingly unlikely to reach a conclusion by the end of July, the Financial Times reported on Monday (Jun 28), citing officials. The officials added the rise in cases of the Delta variant in Britain, the complexities of the U.S. […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram isn’t exactly the most convenient platform to use on a PC. And clearly the social network would like to remedy this. Some users of the platform can now publish a post directly from the web version of Instagram. A very practical feature that’s been expected for a […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan reported its first domestically transmitted case of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus today, tightening controls in a southern part of the island where the cases have occurred. Taiwan is battling a cluster of domestic infections, almost all of them due to the previously globally dominant […]
SYDNEY: Sydney will enter a hard two-week lockdown on Saturday (Jun 26) night as authorities try to contain a fast-spreading outbreak of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant in Australia’s largest city, the state premier said. More than a million people in downtown Sydney and the city’s eastern suburbs were […]
MADRID: Portugal felt the full range of emotions during the Euro 2020 group stage and with Cristiano Ronaldo in the groove again, they can really begin to believe. After scoring three late goals to beat Hungary, Portugal were shaken by a 4-2 loss to Germany, only for a 2-2 draw […]
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is aiming for a September snap election that would capitalise on the country’s emergence from the Covid-19 pandemic, said two sources familiar with the matter. Trudeau, whose centre-left Liberals control a minority of seats in the House of Commons, had said for many months […]
Microsoft said on Friday an attacker had won access to one of its customer-service agents and then used information from that to launch hacking attempts against customers. SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft said on Friday an attacker had won access to one of its customer-service agents and then used information from that […]