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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Four European states lose measles eradication status as cases soar: WHO

12:51 pm August 29, 2019

Copenhagen: Measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is surging in four countries previously considered to have eliminated it, including the UK, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday, urging countries to step up vaccination efforts. “Re-establishment of measles transmission is concerning. If high immunisation coverage is not achieved and sustained in every […]

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Trump praises ‘great’ Johnson after UK parliament suspension

9:29 pm August 28, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised “great” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after his controversial move to suspend parliament. Trump said the suspension — which critics call a deliberate attempt to stymie democratic opposition to Brexit — will make it “very hard” for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to seek a no-confidence vote against […]

UK’s Johnson moves to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit

8:57 pm August 28, 2019

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson maneuvered Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II’s approval to suspend Parliament. His critics were outraged. Though Johnson previously had refused to rule out such a move, the timing of the decision […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

French cyberpolice break up massive ‘botnet’ ring

8:24 pm August 28, 2019

Paris: French police have neutralised a hacking operation that had taken control of more than 850,000 computers, mainly in Latin America, while also managing to remove the malware from the infected devices. The agents went into action last spring after the Czech antivirus firm Avast alerted them to the software worm, called Retadup, that was […]

Gmail, other Google services face outage

Brussels probes Google job search tool

8:15 pm August 28, 2019

Brussels: The European Commission said Wednesday it had begun a preliminary investigation into Google’s job search tool on competition grounds, having identified a conflict of interest. “With respect to Google Jobs, our preliminary investigation is ongoing,” a Commission spokesperson said, adding: “We cannot comment on or predict its timing or outcome. On Tuesday, Competition Commissioner […]