An international donor conference on Friday raised $4.8 billion for the U.N.-backed COVAX plan to deliver coronavirus jabs to poorer countries, organizers said.”The pandemic is not over, far from it. Until we beat COVID-19 everywhere, we beat it nowher…
Saudi Arabia said Saturday it will permit 1 million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year’s hajj, a sharp uptick after pandemic restrictions forced two years of drastically pared-down pilgrimages.The hajj ministry “has…
Landmines — explosive devices purposely hidden below ground with the intent to kill and maim — can lay silent for years or even decades. Yet when disturbed by a farmer tending to crops or a child picking up a mysterious object sometimes mistaken for …
Myanmar’s health ministry announced yesterday that, it will issue electronic COVID-19 vaccination certificates in English version, for international travel.According to the ministry’s statement, the electronic vaccination certificates, containing QR co…
