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Denmark on Tuesday announced it would stop using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine altogether, becoming the first European country to do so over suspicions of rare but serious side effectsm France 24 reported. "Denmark's vaccination campaign will go ahead without the AstraZeneca vaccine," Danish Health Authority director Soren...

President Vladimir Putin has received the second shot of a Russian COVID-19 vaccine, the Interfax news agency cited him as saying on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The Kremlin said last month that Putin had received the first shot without disclosing details or providing photographs. It has not said which of Russia’s three ...

Brussels wants vaccine passports to be operational across the EU by the end of June, Euronews reports. Pilot schemes will be launched at the beginning of that month, with the aim to have the whole system up and running by June 21, Didier Reynders, the European commissioner for justice, told MEPs on Tuesday. The European Commi...

April 14, 2021 - 11:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The clock, which hanged in Japanese high priest Bunshun Sakano’s temple and is thought to be about 100 years old, stopped ticking after the country was struck by an earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people on 11 March 2011. Then late on 13 February this year – just ...

Apple Inc said on Tuesday it was holding a special event on April 20, with many expecting the tech giant to launch new iPad Pro models and other products ahead of its annual developers’ conference in June, according to Reuters. Apple’s cryptic invitation for the media did not give much away and read: “Spring Loaded.” The event...

Florentino Perez has been re-elected unopposed as president of Real Madrid for a sixth term, the Spanish champions announced on Tuesday. The 74-year-old was the only name in the running since the window for potential candidates to apply opened at the start of the month, AFP reported. A club statement said: "A single candidate...

Kanye West has agreed to joint custody of his and Kim Kardashian's four young children. His response mirrors Kardashian's divorce filing from 19 February, which began the process of ending their almost seven year marriage, BBC News reports. In both of their filings, the US rapper and the TV reality star agreed that their marr...

Foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations, including the United States, Britain and France, have condemned an increase in Russian troop numbers near its border with Ukraine and in the Russian-held region of Crimea, Reuters reported. “These large-scale troop movements, without prior notification, represent threatening and...

The European Union has imposed sanctions on eight Iranian militia commanders and police chiefs, including the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards, over a deadly crackdown in November 2019, the bloc said in its Official Journal on Monday, according to Reuters report. The travel bans and asset freezes are the first EU sancti...

April 12, 2021 - 18:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on April 13, BelTA reports citing the press service of the Belarusian leader. Lukashenko and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to have two meetings – one informal and one official. The two are expec...