Cause of confrontation between officers, armed person barricaded inside house unknown

Heat-tolerant vaccine formulations developed by biotech firm Mynvax, Indian Institute of Science trialled in mice, hamsters

It is 6th vaccine endorsed after AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, Pfizer, Vero Cell and Moderna

But researchers say any jab still better than none, add that having boosters for inactivated vaccines may raise protection

They join Sydneysiders already deep into weeks-long restrictions

Unusually heavy rains also inundate neighbouring Luxembourg, the Netherlands

However, bloc allows entry by vaccinated travellers from any non-European Union country

WHO chief demands more raw data from Beijing, says prior push to rule out virus escaped from lab ‘premature’

60% of HK$1.2 billion illegal funds channelled through Singapore bank accounts over last 15 months

Some governments see such laws as way to limit unwanted speech, silence civil society, says Rights Office

Samui, Tao, Phangan follow in wake of ‘Phuket Sandbox’ earlier this month

This brings total number of Aussies under stay-home orders to 12 million

At least 8 staff infected, but none had contact with judo team