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Pfizer delays vaccine deliveries to 8 EU nations
Pfizer has postponed the delivery of new batches of its coronavirus vaccine to eight European nations including Spain, the Spanish health ministry said yesterday, a day after the EU began its immunisation campaign.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Weather disasters cost $150b in 2020
The ten costliest weather disasters worldwide this year saw insured damages worth $150 billion, topping the figure for 2019 and reflecting a long-term impact of global warming, according to a report yesterday.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
S Africa hits 1m cases
South Africa logged its millionth case of Covid-19 and South Korea yesterday became the latest country to detect the new coronavirus variant, as the pandemic showed no signs of letting up.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh envoy to UK elected vice-chair of IMSO 26th Assembly
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK and the Commonwealth Saida Muna Tasneem has been unanimously elected as the vice-chair of the 26th Assembly of International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO) for the biennial 2021-2022 at the weeklong assembly held recently in London.
28 December 2020, 16:40 PM
US bolsters support for Taiwan and Tibet, angering China
China expressed anger on Monday after US President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support for Taiwan and Tibet, which had been included in a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package.
28 December 2020, 12:24 PM
Ethiopian police arrest Reuters cameraman
A Reuters cameraman, Kumerra Gemechu, was arrested in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Thursday and will be kept in custody for at least two weeks, his family said. He has not been charged.
28 December 2020, 12:10 PM
Foreigners can leave Saudi Arabia by air
The Saudi Arabian government today said citizens of other countries will be able to leave the country from now on by air.
28 December 2020, 08:02 AM
China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan virus reporting
A Chinese court handed a four-year jail term on Monday to a citizen-journalist who reported from the central city of Wuhan at the peak of last year’s coronavirus outbreak, on grounds of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” her lawyer said.
28 December 2020, 07:20 AM
2020 weather disasters boosted by climate change: report
The ten costliest weather disasters worldwide this year saw insured damages worth $150 billion, topping the figure for 2019 and reflecting a long-term impact of global warming, according to a report Monday.
28 December 2020, 05:34 AM
Saudi Arabia extends entry ban on coronavirus variant fears
Saudi Arabia interior ministry on Monday extended a ban on entry to the kingdom by air, land and sea for another week amid new coronavirus variant fears, the state news agency reported.
28 December 2020, 04:29 AM
Trump signs pandemic aid bill under pressure
US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making.
28 December 2020, 03:32 AM
Indian farmers agree to meet government
Leaders of Indian farmers’ unions have agreed to meet ministers tomorrow, possibly paving the way for a seventh round of talks with the government which has so far failed to mollify growers who say three new agricultural laws threaten their livelihoods.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump’s refusal puts millions in trouble
Millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expired on Saturday as President Donald Trump has so far refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, insisting that it did not do enough to help everyday people.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Next round of Afghan peace talks to take place in Doha
The next round of negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government will be held in Qatar from next month, a top official said
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
At least 11 climbers killed after heavy snowfall in Iran
At least 11 climbers have died after heavy snowfall in mountains north of Iran’s capital Tehran, authorities said, and seven crew members of a
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Four killed in Pakistan army helicopter crash
A military helicopter has crashed in mountainous northern Pakistan, killing four soldiers including the two pilots, the army said. The chopper
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
British PM sold out fish in Brexit trade deal: fishermen
British fishermen said on Saturday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had sold out fish stocks to the European Union with a Brexit trade deal that
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
This pandemic won’t be the last
The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the World Health Organization’s chief said.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Europe eyes to end covid nightmare
EU countries yesterday embarked on a vaccination campaign to defeat the “nightmare” of Covid-19, as the growing spread of a new coronavirus variant intensified fears the pandemic could wreak further devastation.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
US jobless benefit cut-off pushes millions to financial cliff-edge
When the U.S. Congress passed a pandemic aid bill on Monday, Meghan Meyer, a single mom from Lincoln, Nebraska, thought she would get some respite from the daily struggle to feed and house her two kids during an unprecedented health and economic crisis.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM