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France rewards frontline Covid workers with citizenship
Hundreds of foreigners in France whose jobs expose them to high Covid-19 risks will be naturalised quickly for their commitment during the health crisis, the interior ministry said yesterday.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump orders US govt to only construct ‘beautiful’ buildings
President Donald Trump, with only a month left in office, issued an order Monday that future federal buildings must be “beautiful” and preferably built in the Greco-Roman classical style.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Modi gets top US honour
US President Donald Trump on Monday presented the prestigious Legion of Merit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership in elevating strategic partnership of the two countries and emergence of India as a global power.
22 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Israel set for snap election as budget deadline nears
Israel on Tuesday was on course for a fourth national election in two years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main governing partner, Benny Gantz, failed to resolve a dispute over the budget.
22 December 2020, 10:43 AM
China says will take countermeasures in response to US visa bans
China will take countermeasures against those responsible for hurting the Chinese side, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, in response to additional US visa bans on Chinese officials.
22 December 2020, 10:34 AM
Singapore gets Asia's first batch of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
Singapore received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, according to its flag carrier, ahead of a rollout in the city-state that health officials have said could be as soon as two-three weeks away.
22 December 2020, 04:31 AM
BioNTech confident Covid-19 vaccine effective against new UK mutation
BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin has said he is confident a Covid-19 vaccine co-developed by his company would be effective against a variant of the virus that has emerged in Britain.
21 December 2020, 19:42 PM
UK coronavirus variant may be more able to infect children: scientists
A new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Britain carries mutations that could mean children are as susceptible to becoming infected with it as adults - unlike previous strains, scientists have said.
21 December 2020, 19:31 PM
Hack response of US will go beyond ‘just sanctions’
The incoming White House chief of staff said on Sunday that President-elect Joe Biden’s response to the massive hacking campaign uncovered last week would go beyond sanctions.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Nepal PM’s move challenged in SC
Opponents of Nepal’s prime minister turned to the Supreme Court yesterday to challenge his dissolution of parliament and the calling of an election, denouncing it as a “constitutional coup”.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Rare celestial dance
The solar system’s two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, were set to come within planetary kissing range in yesterday’s evening sky, an intimacy that will not occur again until 2080.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Indian farmers vow to carry on protests despite cold
Tens of thousands of Indian farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to carry on their around-the-clock sit-ins despite cold weather that has already led to some deaths among them.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Vaccines effective against new Covid strain: experts
European Union experts believe existing vaccines are effective against the new fast-spreading strain identified in Britain, Germany’s health minister said yesterday.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Japan sets record military budget
Japan’s cabinet yesterday approved a record budget proposal for the next fiscal year from April, including stimulus for the pandemic-hit economy and another hike in defence spending to counter China.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Trudeau to be vaccinated publicly ‘when turn comes’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will receive the Covid-19 shot in public once those in his age group are in line to be vaccinated, he said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
FB removes anti-vaccine ‘fake news’ in Israel
Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up support for the programme, the Justice Ministry said on Sunday.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Rockets hit near US embassy in Iraq
A volley of rockets exploded near the US embassy in Baghdad Sunday, as tensions mount ahead of the anniversary of the US killing top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on Iraqi soil.
21 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Regulator clears way for use of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Europe
Europe's medicines regulator on Monday approved the use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by US company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, putting the EU on course to start inoculations within a week.
21 December 2020, 16:10 PM
World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic
The United Kingdom has been shut off from the rest of Europe after allies cut transport ties over fears of a new coronavirus strain, sowing chaos for families, truckers and supermarkets just days before the Brexit cliff edge.
21 December 2020, 12:25 PM
Qatar approves Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine emergency use: QNA news agency
Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health approved on Sunday the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, Qatar state news agency QNA reported on Twitter.
21 December 2020, 06:38 AM