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Gunmen kill more than 100 in Ethiopia

Gunmen kill more than 100 in Ethiopia

-- 2020-12-24 11:20:55

More than 100 people had been killed in a recent armed attack in west Ethiopia, the country's federal rights group confirmed late Wednesday, reports Xinhua. The bloodshed took place in the village of...

India submits nine-point plan for WHO reforms

India submits nine-point plan for WHO reforms

Hindustan Times 2020-12-23 19:43:46

India has proposed a nine-point plan for reforms of the World Health Organization (WHO), including changes in mechanisms to monitor health emergencies that can cross borders and giving the head of the...

COVID outbreak hits Antarctica

COVID outbreak hits Antarctica

-- 2020-12-23 17:11:15

The coronavirus has landed in Antarctica, the last continent previously free from COVID-19, Chile’s military said this week, as health and army officials scrambled to clear out and quarantine st...

As mutated variant keeps spreading, UK govt mulls stricter lockdown

As mutated variant keeps spreading, UK govt mulls stricter lockdown

Reuters 2020-12-23 15:32:19

The British government will review whether it needs to impose its strictest Covid-19 restrictions on more of the country on Wednesday as a highly infectious variant continues to spread but will not ch...

UK-France services resume as French govt eases travel ban

UK-France services resume as French govt eases travel ban

-- 2020-12-23 14:13:56

Rail, air and sea services between the UK and France are resuming this morning after the French government agreed to ease its travel ban over Covid fears. French citizens, British nationals living in...

India's BJP says 'no' to repealing India farm laws despite farmers' protest

India's BJP says 'no' to repealing India farm laws despite farmers' protest

REUTERS 2020-12-23 14:12:08

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party said on Tuesday there was no question of the government repealing agriculture laws fiercely opposed by farmers who are worried deregulation will reduc...

Three French police officers shot dead responding to a domestic violence call

Three French police officers shot dead responding to a domestic violence call

Reuters 2020-12-23 12:56:42

Three police officers have been shot dead in an incident in central France, and a fourth officer wounded, the country’s national police force confirmed on Wednesday. The news was earlier report...

Europe's coronavirus death toll surpasses 500,000

Europe's coronavirus death toll surpasses 500,000

-- 2020-12-23 12:24:18

Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500,000 coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as a new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain threatened t...

‘Dreamer’ immigrants still targetted

‘Dreamer’ immigrants still targetted

Reuters 2020-12-23 11:07:19

A Texas-led coalition of nine states urged a federal judge on Tuesday to invalidate a programme that grants hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children the ability to...

India expected to approve AstraZeneca vaccine by next week: Report

India expected to approve AstraZeneca vaccine by next week: Report

Reuters 2020-12-23 10:25:33

India is likely to approve Oxford/AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use by next week after its local manufacturer submitted additional data sought by authorities, two sources with...

Low possibility that virus variant in UK will reduce vaccine effectiveness: Chinese expert

Low possibility that virus variant in UK will reduce vaccine effectiveness: Chinese expert

Global Times 2020-12-22 20:04:54

Chinese experts have assured the public that vaccines which the international community has pinned its hopes on to curb the COVID-19 pandemic will still be effective against the new virus variant iden...

Pakistani rights activist found dead in Toronto

Pakistani rights activist found dead in Toronto

-- 2020-12-22 19:15:19

Rights groups have called for an investigation into the death of Karima Baloch, a Pakistani activist living in exile in Toronto, Canada. Baloch, 37, a campaigner from the restive region of Balochista...

Pollution deaths in India rose to 1.67 million in 2019

Pollution deaths in India rose to 1.67 million in 2019

Reuters 2020-12-22 18:13:40

Toxic air killed more people in India in 2019 than in 2017, The Lancet said in a report shared by the government on Tuesday, with 1.67 million deaths accounting for 18 per cent of all fatalities. Ind...

US issues further visa restrictions on Chinese officials

US issues further visa restrictions on Chinese officials

-- 2020-12-22 17:28:57

The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses, taking further action against China in the final month of US President Donald Tr...

Tokyo prosecutors question former Japan PM Abe

Tokyo prosecutors question former Japan PM Abe

-- 2020-12-22 16:16:10

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe submitted to voluntary questioning by Tokyo prosecutors on Monday in a case against his secretary over unreported political funds, public broadcaster NHK repo...

Isolated Britain strives to lift France's freight ban

Isolated Britain strives to lift France's freight ban

REUTERS 2020-12-22 15:19:09

The United Kingdom was stuck in Covid-19 isolation on Tuesday after much of the world cut off travel ties due to a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, snarling one of Europe’s most importa...

US Congress finally approves $892b Covid aid package

US Congress finally approves $892b Covid aid package

REUTERS 2020-12-22 14:30:04

The US Congress on Monday (local time) approved an $892 billion coronavirus aid package, throwing a lifeline to the nation’s pandemic-battered economy after months of inaction, while also keepin...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 77 million

Global coronavirus cases surpass 77 million

-- 2020-12-22 12:38:59

More than 77 million people have been infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) globally and over 1.7 million of them died since the first cases were reported in December last year, according to data compi...

Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island

Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island

-- 2020-12-22 10:53:40

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted on Sunday night, according to an advisory from the US Geological Survey, followed by an earthquake that struck at the volcano’s south fla...

Joe Biden receives first dose of Covid vaccine on live TV

Joe Biden receives first dose of Covid vaccine on live TV

-- 2020-12-22 09:24:19

US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe. The...

Putin's foe Navalny pranked secret agent!

Putin's foe Navalny pranked secret agent!

-- 2020-12-22 09:13:32

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclosing details of the botched plot to kill him and had been told that poison had been placed in his underpan...

World closes borders to Britain over fears of new coronavirus strain

World closes borders to Britain over fears of new coronavirus strain

-- 2020-12-21 22:02:03

A slew of countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of UK fo...

India to get Covid-19 vaccine in January

India to get Covid-19 vaccine in January

-- 2020-12-21 18:13:06

Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said the Covid-19 vaccine may be available in the country in January next year. "I personally feel may be in January in any stage or any week, there can...

Indian farmers start hunger strike to pressure Modi on reforms

Indian farmers start hunger strike to pressure Modi on reforms

-- 2020-12-21 18:04:08

Leaders of Indian farmers sought to step up pressure on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three agricultural reform laws on Monday by starting a 24-hour relay hunger strike. Modi's govern...

Australia confirms two cases of new coronavirus strain

Australia confirms two cases of new coronavirus strain

Reuters 2020-12-21 18:01:50

Australia confirmed on Monday it has detected two cases of a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain that has forced Britain to reverse plans to ease curbs over Christmas, the first confirmed cases of t...

India suspends all flights from UK until Dec 31

India suspends all flights from UK until Dec 31

Reuters 2020-12-21 16:38:38

India on Monday announced a suspension of all flights originating from the United Kingdom to the country until the end of the year, the aviation ministry said in a tweet. The ban will come into effec...

'Sick man of Europe': UK cut off over new Covid strain

'Sick man of Europe': UK cut off over new Covid strain

REUTERS 2020-12-21 15:31:32

The United Kingdom was on Monday shut off from much of Europe after its closest allies cut transport ties due to fears about a new strain of the coronavirus, sowing chaos for families and companies ju...

Canada joins the list of countries banning flights from UK

Canada joins the list of countries banning flights from UK

Reuters 2020-12-21 13:44:07

Canada is halting passenger flights from the United Kingdom for 72 hours, the country's health ministry said on Sunday (local time), joining a growing list of countries barring British travellers to p...

How cyber-spies compromised America

How cyber-spies compromised America

REUTERS 2020-12-21 11:37:05

Speaking at a private dinner for tech security executives at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco in late February, America’s cyber defence chief boasted how well his organisations protect the c...

Nepal heads to surprise polls next year

Nepal heads to surprise polls next year

-- 2020-12-21 10:46:36

Nepal’s president has dissolved parliament at the request of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s cabinet and announced that general elections would be held in April and May, more than a year...