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UK completes separation from European Union

UK completes separation from European Union

BBC 2021-01-01 18:39:55

A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, tr...

AstraZeneca vaccine set to become first one approved in India

AstraZeneca vaccine set to become first one approved in India

-- 2021-01-01 16:39:39

India's drug regulator is set to approve on Friday a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. The decisio...

With little ado, Britain casts off into the Brexit unknown

With little ado, Britain casts off into the Brexit unknown

REUTERS 2021-01-01 15:29:06

A clockface of the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament, more commonly known as Big Ben, shows 2300 GMT, as Britain formally exits the EU, in London, Britain December 31, 2020 — Reuters...

Trump extends immigration bans that affect green card applicants, temporary foreign workers

Trump extends immigration bans that affect green card applicants, temporary foreign workers

REUTERS 2021-01-01 14:35:56

US President Donald Trump on Thursday extended a pair of immigration bans that block many “green card” applicants and temporary foreign workers from entering the country, measures he says...

Global Covid-19 cases exceed 83 million

Global Covid-19 cases exceed 83 million

-- 2021-01-01 12:59:53

As the coronavirus (Covid-19) infections spreading fast, its global caseload hit 83.3 million on Friday, according to data released by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The data showed the total ca...

'I will survive' is the spirit as world welcomes 2021

'I will survive' is the spirit as world welcomes 2021

REUTERS 2021-01-01 11:08:00

Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. No light show illuminated...

British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship

British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship

Reuters 2020-12-31 17:45:40

The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit. Stanley Johnso...

Italy aims to vaccinate 10-15 million people by April

Italy aims to vaccinate 10-15 million people by April

-- 2020-12-31 14:41:41

Italy plans to vaccinate 10 to 15 million of its roughly 60 million citizens against coronavirus (COVID-19) by April 2021, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said. During a year-end press conference o...

Pakistan to buy 1.2m Covid vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm

Pakistan to buy 1.2m Covid vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm

-- 2020-12-31 14:31:29

Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm, a minister said on Thursday, the first official confirmation of a vaccine purchase by the South Asian country as...

Turkey detains 35 Islamic State suspects

Turkey detains 35 Islamic State suspects

-- 2020-12-31 12:58:01

Turkish police detained people suspected of ties to the Islamic State militant group in an operation targeting a total of 35 foreign suspects in Istanbul on Thursday, state-owned Anadolu news agency r...

US Republican senator will still challenge Biden victory in Congress

US Republican senator will still challenge Biden victory in Congress

-- 2020-12-31 12:17:57

US Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes, which could trigg...

Global coronavirus cases exceed 82 million

Global coronavirus cases exceed 82 million

-- 2020-12-31 11:53:35

The global Covid-19 caseload crossed 82 million on Thursday amid reports of a new, more contagious coronavirus variant affecting a number of countries. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU)...

Migrants still stranded in open air in Bosnia

Migrants still stranded in open air in Bosnia

-- 2020-12-31 11:24:38

Hundreds of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East were left stranded in the open air on Wednesday when an attempt to relocate them to another site in Bosnia after fire wrecked their temporary...

China approves Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine for general use

China approves Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine for general use

-- 2020-12-31 11:10:35

China approved its first Covid-19 vaccine for general public use on Thursday, a shot developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, as it braces for greater transmission ris...

Sinopharm says its vaccine has 79pc protection rate against Covid-19

Sinopharm says its vaccine has 79pc protection rate against Covid-19

-- 2020-12-30 17:54:53

A vaccine developed by a unit of China National Biotec Group (CNBG) is 79.34 per cent effective at protecting people from COVID-19 and the company has filed an application for regulatory approval in C...

Argentine Senate approves bill legalising abortion

Argentine Senate approves bill legalising abortion

AP 2020-12-30 16:21:47

Argentina’s Senate passed a law legalising abortion early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting for the right for decades....

Singapore begins COVID-19 vaccinations

Singapore begins COVID-19 vaccinations

Reuters 2020-12-30 15:56:59

Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia’s first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has kill...

India extends UK flight ban by a week

India extends UK flight ban by a week

-- 2020-12-30 14:10:01

India on Wednesday decided to extend the ban on flights to and from Britain by a week beyond December 31, in the wake of 20 cases of new mutated coronavirus strain being detected in the country over t...

UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

-- 2020-12-30 13:19:17

The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK. It marks a major turning point and will lead to a massive expansion in the UK's immunis...

Chinese tourists scale back domestic travel plans

Chinese tourists scale back domestic travel plans

-- 2020-12-30 12:27:14

Chinese tourists, millions of whom have shunned overseas travel this year because of the global pandemic, are further narrowing the scope of their journeys, visiting nearby cities and avoiding trips o...

Canada's Clean Fuel Standard -- How does the policy work?

Canada's Clean Fuel Standard -- How does the policy work?

-- 2020-12-30 12:22:06

Canada published the draft Clean Fuel Standard this month, which is central to the ruling Liberal Party’s commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. The...

US confirms first case of new Covid variant

US confirms first case of new Covid variant

-- 2020-12-30 11:44:10

The first reported US case of the highly-infectious Covid-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the state of Colorado. The patient, a man in his 20s with no recent travel history, i...

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits central Croatia, leaving seven dead

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits central Croatia, leaving seven dead

-- 2020-12-30 09:09:57

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing seven people, injuring more than 20 and rattling several neighbouring countries, officials and residents said. Rescuers pulle...

Drainage works unearth Roman baths in heart of Jordan's capital

Drainage works unearth Roman baths in heart of Jordan's capital

Reuters 2020-12-29 21:49:28

The discovery of the ruins of old Roman baths during the construction of a major drainage system in the heart of Jordan's capital has posed a dilemma: how to preserve the country's ancient past while...

Iran begins first human trial of locally made virus vaccine

Iran begins first human trial of locally made virus vaccine

AP 2020-12-29 20:53:20

The first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began Tuesday, state TV reported, with dozens due to receive the domestically developed shot even as details about its...

Earthquake strikes central Croatia, killing young girl and damaging buildings

Earthquake strikes central Croatia, killing young girl and damaging buildings

Al Jazeera 2020-12-29 20:45:17

A strong earthquake in central Croatia has killed at least one person – a girl, injured many and caused considerable damage to buildings in Petrinja, a town southeast of the capital Zagreb. The...

50 journalists killed worldwide in 2020: Report

50 journalists killed worldwide in 2020: Report

FE Online Report 2020-12-29 20:17:39

A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive treatment and violence against journalists, published on Tuesday by Reporters Wi...

AstraZeneca vaccine unlikely to get European approval in January

AstraZeneca vaccine unlikely to get European approval in January

-- 2020-12-29 20:15:35

The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will most likely not be able to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug maker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in January, the watchdog’s De...

India may extend ban on flights from the UK

India may extend ban on flights from the UK

-- 2020-12-29 17:28:53

India's Civil Aviation Minister on Tuesday said the country was likely to extend a ban on flights from Britain that it has imposed in a bid to contain a new strain of the coronavirus, reports Reuters....

Sydney on alert after mystery cases but new infections remain low

Sydney on alert after mystery cases but new infections remain low

Reuters 2020-12-29 16:48:28

Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) maintained its downward trend of new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday but authorities asked people to be on "high alert" after cases were detecte...