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Pakistan approves Astrazeneca COVID vaccine

Pakistan approves Astrazeneca COVID vaccine

Reuters 2021-01-16 18:56:19

Astrazeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval for emergency use in Pakistan, the country’s health minister said on Saturday, the first vaccine against the disease to be given th...

Japan's suicides jump 16pc in COVID-19 second wave

Japan's suicides jump 16pc in COVID-19 second wave

Reuters 2021-01-16 18:07:08

Suicide rates in Japan have jumped in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among women and children, even though they fell in the first wave when the government offered generous hand...

Aftershock jolts Indonesia quake zone as rescuers hunt for survivors

Aftershock jolts Indonesia quake zone as rescuers hunt for survivors

-- 2021-01-16 17:46:40

An aftershock shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Saturday as rescue workers combed the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors after an earthquake killed at least 46 people on Friday and s...

China builds hospital in five days after surge in virus cases

China builds hospital in five days after surge in virus cases

AP 2021-01-16 17:37:27

China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients to fight a surge in infections the government said are harder to contain and that it blamed on infected people or goods...

Palestinians announce first elections in 15 years

Palestinians announce first elections in 15 years

-- 2021-01-16 12:36:37

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced parliamentary and presidential elections on Friday, the first in 15 years, in an effort to heal long-standing internal divisions. The move is widely seen...

Trump admin imposes fresh sanctions on Iran

Trump admin imposes fresh sanctions on Iran

REUTERS 2021-01-16 12:02:04

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and on three Iranian entities...

India's friction with US rises over likely purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems

India's friction with US rises over likely purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems

REUTERS 2021-01-16 11:35:47

The United States has told India it is unlikely to get a waiver on its planned acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence systems, raising the risk of sanctions similar to those imposed on Turkey for bu...

Australia to kill pigeon that survived 13,000km journey from US

Australia to kill pigeon that survived 13,000km journey from US

AP 2021-01-15 20:06:08

A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000km Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to reach Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan to kill it. Melbo...

Nepal okays AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for emergency use

Nepal okays AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for emergency use

Hindustan Times 2021-01-15 18:15:49

Nepal on Friday gave approval for AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the country. "Conditional permission has been granted for emergency use authorisation of COVISHIELD...

Indonesia’s Sulawesi quake kills at least 35, injuring hundreds

Indonesia’s Sulawesi quake kills at least 35, injuring hundreds

REUTERS 2021-01-15 13:35:09

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Friday, with the meteorological agency warning of aftershocks, possibly strong enough...

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Indonesia, killing seven

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Indonesia, killing seven

Reuters 2021-01-15 09:37:25

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least seven people, injured hundreds and damaged many buildings on Friday, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said...

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic’s origin

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic’s origin

AP 2021-01-14 16:58:40

A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty a...

Indian farmers burn legislation in show of defiance

Indian farmers burn legislation in show of defiance

Reuters 2021-01-13 19:15:22

Indian farmers burnt copies of the government’s new agricultural laws on Wednesday, pressing on with their protest against the reforms despite a decision by the Supreme Court to postpone impleme...

Interpol red notices issued for ship captain, owner over Beirut blast

Interpol red notices issued for ship captain, owner over Beirut blast

Reuters 2021-01-13 18:23:59

Interpol has issued red notices for the captain and owner of the ship that carried the chemicals which devastated Beirut in an explosion in August, killing 200 people, Lebanon’s state media said...

No school, only border crossing 'Game' for migrant kids

No school, only border crossing 'Game' for migrant kids

REUTERS 2021-01-13 09:38:42

Zeinaf Jabar, 11, learned some English while spending a year at a migrant camp in Greece and is now trying with her family, repeatedly, to cross into Croatia in what they call the ‘Game’,...

Malaysia declares emergency to curb virus

Malaysia declares emergency to curb virus

Reuters 2021-01-12 18:26:58

Malaysia's king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to curb the spread of COVID-19, a move that the opposition decried as an attempt by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to retain contro...

China will give Myanmar some COVID-19 vaccines, says ministry

China will give Myanmar some COVID-19 vaccines, says ministry

Reuters 2021-01-12 18:19:40

China will give Myanmar a batch of coronavirus vaccines for free, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Tuesday, as the government’s top diplomat wrapped up a two-day visit to Myanmar. &ldq...

India's top court orders stay on new farm laws that annoyed growers

India's top court orders stay on new farm laws that annoyed growers

-- 2021-01-12 18:05:50

India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered an indefinite stay on the implementation of new agricultural laws that have triggered widespread protest from farmers, saying it wanted to protect farmers and...

Trust with China 'disturbed' after border clash, India says

Trust with China 'disturbed' after border clash, India says

-- 2021-01-12 17:17:39

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday that trust with China had been deeply impaired after last summer's border clash which resulted in the first loss of lives in 45 years....

Asymptomatic infections likely trigger fresh outbreaks in China

Asymptomatic infections likely trigger fresh outbreaks in China

GLOBAL TIMES 2021-01-12 16:56:03

China is facing a rising virus outbreak in multiple cities ahead of its biggest annual festival following the lockdown of a county in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Monday, after the numbe...

First evidence that dinosaurs roamed East China's Fujian found in preserved footprints

First evidence that dinosaurs roamed East China's Fujian found in preserved footprints

Global Times 2021-01-12 16:54:43

Chinese scientists say they have found fossilized dinosaur tracks in Shanghang, East China's Fujian Province, a landmark discovery in the province's dinosaur research and ending the assumption that "n...

Indonesia recovers 'black box' from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane

Indonesia recovers 'black box' from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane

-- 2021-01-12 16:46:10

Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the weekend, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The recording...

13 killed In Indonesia landslides, 26 missing

13 killed In Indonesia landslides, 26 missing

-- 2021-01-12 14:23:54

Rescuers are searching for 26 people still missing after two landslides hit a village in Indonesia’s West Java province over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. At least 13 people were killed...

India starts delivering Covid-19 shots ahead of ‘World’s biggest vaccination drive’

India starts delivering Covid-19 shots ahead of ‘World’s biggest vaccination drive’

-- 2021-01-12 13:58:59

Indian airlines started delivering batches of Covid-19 vaccines across the country on Tuesday, getting ready for the launch of a campaign to offer shots to 1.3 billion people in what officials call th...

Malaysia declares state of emergency to curb virus

Malaysia declares state of emergency to curb virus

Reuters 2021-01-12 12:51:21

Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to curb the spread of Covid-19, a move that bolsters Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s precarious hold on power and fore...

Young Japanese celebrate Coming of Age Day

Young Japanese celebrate Coming of Age Day

-- 2021-01-12 11:13:22

Young women in colourful traditional costumes, masks and white stoles braved cold weather in lines and sat seats apart from one another in Yokohama on Monday to mark Japan’s Coming of Age Day, e...

India signs purchase order for AstraZeneca vaccine

India signs purchase order for AstraZeneca vaccine

-- 2021-01-11 20:10:00

India has signed a purchase order with vaccine producer Serum Institute to procure AstraZeneca's vaccine against COVID-19, a source said on Monday. The order, which is the first step in one of the wo...

Indonesia approves Sinovac vaccine as infections surge

Indonesia approves Sinovac vaccine as infections surge

Reuters 2021-01-11 19:54:54

Indonesia gave Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine its first emergency use approval outside China on Monday as the world's fourth most populous country launches nationwide inoculations to stem surgin...

Malaysia imposes fresh lockdown in capital, five states

Malaysia imposes fresh lockdown in capital, five states

-- 2021-01-11 18:43:47

Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday announced a fresh lockdown in the capital Kuala Lumpur and five states, as the Southeast Asian nation's cumulative cases grew to over 135,000 as of...

Saudi Arabia to build zero carbon city

Saudi Arabia to build zero carbon city

-- 2021-01-11 18:33:12

Saudi Arabia's crown prince on Sunday announced plans to build a zero carbon city at NEOM, a $500 billion flagship business zone aimed at diversifying the kingdom's oil-based economy. Prince Mohammed...