England skipper Root backs Leach, Burns to rebound after Gabba "Rory is a very strong character, you can't doubt that side of his game," Root told reporters in Adelaide on Tuesday, two days before the start of the pink ball test. Sports 14 Dec, 2021
India stuck with COVID-19 vaccines it can't export Top Indian health official Vinod Kumar Paul told the same event that current global COVID-19 vaccine production was enough to reach the nearly 3.6 billion who have yet to receive a shot. World 14 Dec, 2021
Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill still showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. COVID-19 14 Dec, 2021
Taliban rule marked by killings, denial of women's rights: UN More than 100 former Afghan national security forces and others have been killed since the Taliban takeover in August, most at the hands of the hardline Islamist group which is recruiting boy soldiers and quashing women's rights, the U.N. said on Tuesday. World 14 Dec, 2021
