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Nations struggle to draft pandemic treaty to avoid mistakes made in Covid

Britain's department of health said it would only agree to an accord if it was firmly in the UK national interest and respects national sovereignty

Putin reappoints his PM, a technocrat who has kept low political profile

Mishustin, the former head of Russia's tax service, steered clear of political statements and avoided media interviews during his previous tenure

Ukraine says Russia launched assault to breach defences in parts of Kharkiv

The entire town is under massive shelling now, it is not safe to stay here, Vovchansk administration head Tamaz Hambarishvili told Ukraine's Hromadske Radio

UN to vote on granting Palestine new rights, reviving its membership bid

United States vetoed a widely backed council resolution on April 18 that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine, a goal the Palestinians have long sought and Israel

If Israel is forced to stand alone, it will stand alone, says Netanyahu

Netanyahu spoke after President Joe Biden said the United States would not provide offensive weapons for Israel's long-promised assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah

Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps crucial aid crossings inaccessible

Heavy fighting was also underway in northern Gaza, where Hamas appeared to have once again regrouped in an area where Israel has already launched punishing assaults

India votes for UNGA resolution backing Palestine's bid for UN membership

The resolution got 143 votes in favour, including by India, nine against and 25 abstentions. The UNGA hall broke into an applause after the vote was cast

China's PBOC pledges to ensure reasonably ample liquidity, credit growth

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) said it will make its monetary policy flexible, precise and effective and promote a moderate recovery in consumer prices

Police arrest over 40 as they clear pro-Palestinian camps at Penn, MIT

A structure made from wooden pallets and other debris was erected on campus property after 5 pm in violation of the policy, the school said in a statement

Pope Francis urges Italians to have babies as a measure of hope for future

It was Francis' latest appeal for Italy and beyond that Europe to invert what he has called the demographic winter facing many industrialised countries

US drug regulator delaying decision on RSV vaccine approval, says Moderna

The FDA hasn't informed Moderna of any issues related to vaccine safety, efficacy or quality that would prevent approval, Moderna said Friday in a statement

Massive solar storm may disable satellites, disrupt electric grid infra

Severe solar flares and coronal mass ejections that began on May 8 are being monitored by US' Space Weather Centre which has issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for late Friday evening

Pakistan's maiden lunar orbiter CubeSat sends first images of sun, moon

Pakistan's CubeSat project achieved the set goal of successfully separating and obtaining telemetry' and achieved complete success, the CNSA announcement said

Here's what Google CEO Sundar Pichai told his employees on more layoffs

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company will need to be 'very, very disciplined' about hiring more employees throughout the year

Novavax signs Covid-19 license deal with Sanofi, secures business viability

Novavax said it would co-commercialize its Covid-19 vaccine with French drugmaker Sanofi and develop new Covid-19-influenza combination vaccines using Novavax's Matrix-M adjuvant

Hope fading for 44 workers missing days after S Africa building collapse

The death toll rose to nine after a worker who was in critical condition died in the hospital, authorities said

Biden-Netanyahu relations strained; can the two leaders move forward

Netanyahu, for his part, is brushing off Biden's warnings and vowing to press ahead, saying, If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone

Pfizer reaches settlement in over 10,000 cancer lawsuits related to Zantac

Financial terms of the settlements were not immediately disclosed for the discontinued over-the-counter drug that was used to treat heartburn

Honda Motors sees full-year profit rising 2.8%, after it exceeded estimates

Japan's second-largest automaker by volume forecast full-year operating profit would rise to 1.42 trillion yen compared with an average profit estimate of 1.39 trillion yen

Foxconn's Q1 profit to jump from low base, robust AI demand to power growth

Last month, the company said first-quarter revenue slid 10 per cent from a year earlier but it has been bullish about 2024