Posted 06-12-2021
HANOI: Vietnam has approved the COVID-19 vaccine jointly made by Pfizer and BioNTech for domestic emergency use, the government said on Saturday (Jun 12).
It is the fourth vaccine to be endorsed in the Southeast Asian country that is tackling a new outbreak.
Vietnam, which has previously approved ...
Posted 06-12-2021
BEIJING: China’s famed wandering elephants are on the move again, heading southwest while a male who broke from the herd is still keeping his distance.
The group left a wildlife reserve in the southwest of Yunnan province more than a year ago and has trekked 500km north to the outskirts of the ...
Posted 06-12-2021
NEW DELHI: Ram Babu moved from his village to the Indian capital New Delhi in 1980, to clean cars. Soon, he learned to drive and got a job as a tour bus driver. Decades later, he set up his own company, Madhubani Tours and Travels.
In March 2020, a stringent nationwide lockdown to fight the ...
Posted 06-12-2021
The Johor skyline is now dotted with empty condominium units, due to an oversupply in the market and lack of foreign buyers.
Posted 06-12-2021
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday (Jun 12) cut taxes on medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators and drugs used to treat COVID-19 infections, after widespread criticism over healthcare costs during a devastating second wave of the virus in April and May.
The government cut taxes on medical grade ...
