Pfizer asks for US authorization of Covid vaccine for ages 5-11
US drugmaker Pfizer said Thursday it has formally requested emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in children age five to 11.
US drugmaker Pfizer said Thursday it has formally requested emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in children age five to 11.
Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize for his writings on post-colonialism and the trauma of the refugee experience.
A Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle is set to get the green light from the Premier League despite warnings from Amnesty International on Thursday that the deal represents “sportswashing” of the … Read More
No sooner had Dubai’s Covid-delayed Expo 2020 opened its doors than the Western media was full of stories highlighting the deaths and injuries among the site’s migrant construction workers.
The Lebanese pound dropped Thursday, trading at LL18,050 to the dollar on the black market, exchange dealers said.
Standing on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz looks on as tourists snorkel amid the brilliantly coloured corals, a natural wonder now under … Read More
Four workers were wounded Wednesday as the Saudi-led coalition fighting in neighbouring Yemen intercepted an explosives-laden drone targeting the kingdom’s Abha airport, state media reported.
A row between Iran and South Korea is intensifying, with Tehran threatening legal action unless Seoul releases more than $7 billion in funds for oil shipments frozen because of US … Read More
Ferran Torres put Spain into the Nations League final Wednesday with a brace in a 2-1 win that ended Italy’s world record unbeaten run at 37 matches in front of … Read More
Enacting financial reforms, increasing electricity supplies and supporting poor families are at the top of the government’s priorities, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Wednesday.