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SEOUL, June 29 : South Korea on Wednesday approved the use of SKYCovione, the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine developed by SK Bioscience Co., taking a major step toward achieving vaccine sovereignty in the fight against the pandemic.

KOTA BHARU, June 28: A trader was sentenced to three years’ jail by the Sessions Court here today for causing a child with special needs to overdose on methamphetamine and morphine.

CANBERRA, June 28: Health authorities in Australia’s capital Canberra have warned of a new wave of coronavirus infections, reported Xinhua.

AQABA, 28 June : Ten people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan’s Aqaba port, officials and state media reported on Monday (June 27), as authorities called on residents to shut windows and stay indoors.

KUCHING, June 28: An Indonesian villager captured a crocodile measuring more than four metres using a rope fearing it might threaten the lives and livelihoods of himself and his neighbours.