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...
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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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
-- 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...
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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...
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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...
-- 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...
-- 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)...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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....
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...
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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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
-- 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
-- 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....
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...
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