May 2021 – Page 47

A large segment of a Chinese rocket is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on the weekend, but Beijing has downplayed fears and said there is a very low risk of any damage.

Europe

A Long March 5B rocket carrying China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe launches from Wenchang Space Center (File) Beijing, China: A largeRead More

The World Health Organization on Friday declared a vaccine made by a Chinese company, Sinopharm, as a safe and reliable way to fight the virus. The declaration marks a significant step toward clearing up doubts about the vaccine, after little late-phase clini…

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Food

Developing countries racing for coronavirus vaccines now have another dependable option and Chinas reputation as a rising scientific superpower justRead More

India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 2 crore mark on May 4

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Business

India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day on Saturday, taking the country’s death tollRead More

Frank Rogers is granted bail on the proviso that he doesn’t drive trucks, after appearing in court on two charges of dangerous driving causing injury in a crash in Melbourne that left five people injured.

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Business

A truck driver facing two charges of dangerous driving causing serious injury over a crash at Southbank has been grantedRead More

But don’t panic – most debris will be burned up on re-entry and land in the ocean.

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Animals

North Island named as ‘informed prediction’ for where Chinese rocket debris will land. Photo / via The Aerospace CorporationCalculations intoRead More

India continues to reel under an unrelenting Covid wave, with 4,172 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, the highest since the pandemic began in the country.

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Climate

In the absence of a nationwide lockdown and with Covid-19 cases on a steady rise, a number of states inRead More

The “need of the hour is, therefore, to expand vaccination at a fast pace”, the Finance Ministry noted in its Monthly Economic Review for April released Friday.

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Food

The second Covid wave poses a downside risk to economic activity in the first quarter of 2021-22 fiscal year, evenRead More

WASHINGTON: The United States called yesterday for de-escalation in annexed east Jerusalem, and warned against carrying out a threatened eviction of P…

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Business

WASHINGTON: The United States called yesterday for de-escalation in annexed east Jerusalem, and warned against carrying out a threatened evictionRead More

However no direct link between the vaccine and their deaths has been established.

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Opinion

The deaths of two people who had been given a Covid-19 vaccination have been officially reported to New Zealand’s medicinesRead More

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 51, will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. Friday on her decision not to run for reelection as the city’s leader.

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Motor

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks at a press conference on March 17, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Bottoms announced Thursday, MayRead More