Israel to offer Pfizer booster jab to the over 60s – reports
Israel will begin offering a third shot of the Pfizer/Biontech COVID-19 vaccine to people aged over 60, a world first in efforts to slow the spread of the highly contagious … Read More
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Palestinians at boy’s funeral clash with Israel soldiers
Clashes broke out Thursday between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians at the funeral of a Palestinian boy killed the day before in the occupied West Bank, an AFP correspondent reported.
Tunisia’s political crisis poses existential test for Ennahda
Tunisia’s crisis has thrown the fate of its much-lauded young democracy into the balance – and with it that of the Ennahda party, a mainstream Islamist movement that has played … Read More
Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ sails into LGBT waters
Though far from ground-breaking by modern cinema terms, a scene in which Jack Whitehall’s character discusses his sexuality with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Amazon boat captain is a departure for … Read More
From farm to face, Gaza women create cosmetics from local herbs
For years, Palestinian farmers have exported herbs to Europe where they have been turned into high-end cosmetics and beauty products.
Switzerland’s Bencic goes for gold as Djokovic cruises into semis
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic became the first player to advance to the gold-medal match of the Olympics women’s singles Thursday, outlasting Kazakh Elena Rybakina 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 in a topsy-turvy semifinal.
Blinken says nuclear talks with Iran ‘cannot go on indefinitely’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that nuclear talks with Iran “cannot go on indefinitely” but that Washington was “fully prepared” to continue negotiations.
4 billion anti-Covid shots injected worldwide: AFP
More than four billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, eight months after the vaccination drive started, according to an AFP count Thursday.
Syria’s Daraa gripped by worst clashes in three years: monitor
Gunmen on Thursday killed eight Syrian regime fighters and captured 15 others during the fiercest clashes in the southern province of Daraa since it came under government control, a war … Read More
Lebanon parliament ready to lift immunity for Beirut blast probe
Speaker Nabih Berri said Thursday Parliament was ready to lift the immunity of its members in order allow for questioning over last year’s port blast in Beirut.