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COVID shots still work but researchers hunt new improvementsWorldFast tracking a stronger vaccine for COVID-19.Tags: Print EditionUS, SINGAPORE: COVID-19 vaccinations are at a critical juncture as companies test whether new approaches…

WorldTags: Print EditionNIGERIA: Over 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria’s southern state of Imo, official and local sources said on Saturday. The explosion occurred on Saturday at…

* UN Chief set to meet Russian, Ukrainian Presidents* Over 7.7 million internally displaced in Ukraine: UN* Russia eyeing other countries after Ukraine: Zelenskiy* Russians seize 42 towns in eastern UkraineWorldA push cyclist passes a…

WorldPeople look at destroyed shops in Mogadishu's Lido beach, Somalia on Saturday after a bomb blast by Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels hit a popular seaside restaurant.Tags: Print EditionUS: A bomb blast by Somalia's Islamic…

WorldTags: Print EditionUS: Steven Spielberg has said that ET was inspired by his own parents’ divorce. Speaking on Thursday (21 April) at an event to mark 40 years since the classic film was released, the director discussed his…

WorldPerformers from the Sao Clemente samba school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday.Tags: Print EditionBRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro’s top samba schools began putting on…

Four migrant boats sink off Tunisia;12 dead, 10 missingWorldSome of the African migrants who were rescued after their boats sank off Tunisia on their way to Italy.Tags: Print EditionLEBANON, TUNISIA: A child died and 45 people were…

WorldWashington DC residents being taken to safety after the shootings and (R) the weapon used by the sniper. Tags: Print EditionUS: At least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of…

WorldTags: Print EditionCOVID-19coronavirusSWITZERLAND: In the middle of last year, the World Health Organisation began promoting an ambitious goal, one it said was essential for ending the pandemic: fully vaccinate 70 per cent of the…

WorldThe burnt out wreckage of a vehicle which exploded outside a mosque in the Northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: An explosion claimed by the Islamic State (IS) at a Shia mosque in the…