Botswana introduces COVID-19 booster shots for adolescents aged 12-17

GABORONE, July 6 (Xinhua) APP):Botswana is now offering COVID-19 booster shots for children aged between 12 and 17 years, the health ministry has announced. “These children become eligible for booster doses at least six months after completing their primary vaccination series,” health ministry spokesman Christopher […]

UK PM Johnson on the brink over ministerial resignations

London, July 6 (AFP/APP): Boris Johnson’s position as UK prime minister was on the brink on Wednesday, after two of his senior ministers quit in protest at his scandal-hit leadership, piling on pressure as he faced a grilling from angry MPs. The 58-year-old leader’s grip […]

KGC writes letters to Indian office bearers in USA, Canada & UN

US/CANADA (PNI) Kashmir Global Council (KGC), a political advocacy group registered in US and Canada wrote letters to Indian officer bearers in USA, Canada, and UN. These letters have been written to Ajay Bisaria, High Commissioner of India to Canada; Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Ambassador of […]

Fields Medal awarded to four mathematicians, including Ukrainian

Helsinki, July 5 (AFP/APP): Four mathematicians, including Ukrainian Maryna Viazovska, were awarded prestigious Fields medals on Tuesday the International Mathematical Union jury said. France’s Hugo Duminil-Copin, US-based June Huh and Britain’s James Maynard were also awarded the medals at a ceremony in Helsinki. The Fields […]

Sri Lanka call on uncapped duo, Mathews cleared to play

Galle, Sri Lanka, July 5 (AFP/APP): Uncapped spinners Maheesh Theekshana and Dinuth Wellalage were on Tuesday drafted into Sri Lanka’s Covid-hit squad for the second Test against Australia. Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama tested positive for coronavirus after former captain Angelo Mathews had to pull out […]

Ukrainians seek to heal war trauma at mental health clinic

Kyiv, Ukraine, July 5 (AFP/APP):After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Yuriy Makeyev found himself homeless and jobless: a combination of circumstances that brought him to the brink of a nervous breakdown. Now the 48-year-old, who has fled his home in the war-torn east, believes he […]