Israel PM gets COVID-19 vaccine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a Covid-19 vaccine jab on Saturday, kicking off a national rollout over the coming days. Netanyahu, 71, and Israel’s
December 20, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a Covid-19 vaccine jab on Saturday, kicking off a national rollout over the coming days. Netanyahu, 71, and Israel’s
There is an end-of-year treat for skywatchers. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in
Lengthened to the size of a tennis court, the five-layer sunshield of Nasa’s fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed a final series of
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has launched an attack on coronavirus vaccines, even suggesting that the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech could turn people into crocodiles or
US regulators have granted an emergency-use authorisation for a second COVID-19 vaccine: another RNA vaccine, this one made by Moderna of Cambridge, Massachusetts, according to
The head of emergencies at the World Health Organisation says a team of international experts looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic will be
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are moving to the next phase in a campaign to deepen understanding of whether life ever existed on Mars
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, according to his office. The 42-year-old took a test after developing symptoms and will now self-isolate
US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Mike Pence are set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine soon. According to reports, Biden will receive the vaccine publicly
The Electoral College gave Joe Biden a majority of its votes on December 14, confirming his victory in the United States Presidential Election happened on
‘Something went wrong’- whoever accessed You Tube around 5pm on Monday, surely witnessed this error message with an image of a monkey holding a wrench,on
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, author, David John Moore Cornwell, known to the world as John le Carre, died at the age of 89 on December
Another big cat species tested positive COVID-19, this time it is snow leopard. Three snow leopards, two males and a female, tested positive at a
An expert committee convened by the US Food and Drug Administration voted heavily in favour of recommending the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use approval
President Donald Trump has approached the US Supreme Court against the results of last month’s presidential election, which he alleges were rigged in favour of
SpaceX’s Starship prototype exploded while attempting to land after its test launch from the company’s rocket facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Television visuals of the
Aliens are real and US President Donald Trump knows about it, Israel’s former space security chief has made an unprecedented claim in an interview, stressing
The height of Mt Everest has grown by 86cm to now measure 8848.86m, the foreign ministers of Nepal and China revealed at a joint virtual
A 90-year-old grandmother from Northern Ireland, Margaret Keenan, became the first person in the world on December 8 to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot
It was a hazy morning in the national capital on December 9 with the air quality recorded in the “very poor” category. The minimum temperature
President Donald Trump and allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if