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Despite COVID-19 vaccine being available to all South African adults, uptake remains low with just 20% of adults having received a first dose.  The Muslim Association of South Africa is one of many groups combatting vaccine…
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For most of this year, the drugs President Donald Trump credited for his quick recovery from COVID-19 have sat unused on government shelves. In a typical week in June, monoclonal antibodies were given to only 10 people across the…
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In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the Taliban resisted demands from Washington to hand over al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The result was an invasion by US and allied forces, which swept the Taliban…
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A Taliban official told the media that a bombing outside Kabul’s airport has killed 13 people, including children. Numerous Taliban guards are among the injured, the official said. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed that two…
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The Navy seized 139.930kg of Kerala cannabis during a special operation in the seas off Manalkadu, Point Pedro yesterday morning and nabbed two suspects. The Northern Naval Command deployed the Inshore Patrol Craft P 177 to carry…
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A suspect was arrested in Mukathuwaram in the Batticaloa Police Division during the lockdown yesterday for selling liquor. Police found a high number of bottles of liquor at his house on a tip off. The suspect was produced before…
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Ibrahim Al Hussein yesterday became the first athlete from the six-member Paralympic Refugee Team to compete at Tokyo 2020. He took part in the second heat of the Men’s 100m breaststroke SB8 held at the famed Tokyo Aquatics…
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Great Britain’s Jaco van Gass cruised to victory in the Men’s cycling C3 3,000m individual pursuit to add Gold to the three Silvers the team won on day two of the Tokyo Paralympics in the Izu Velodrome yesterday. The 35-year-old…
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The Sri Lanka National Chess Team will compete in the FIDE Online World Chess Olympiad, which begins today. Sri Lanka will participate in the Level-3 according to the initial rankings and will face Nepal, Malaysia, Hong Kong,…
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Larissa Klaassen jumped up and down with joy together with her pilot Imke Brommer after receiving her Gold Medal for the Women’s B 1,000m time trial of the Tokyo Paralympics at the Izu Velodrome yesterday. This was Klaassen’s…
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