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Palestinian leader 'rejects and denounces' Israel-UAE deal: statement
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Israel’s accord with the United Arab Emirates in a statement issued by his spokesman on Thursday night.
14 August 2020, 07:14 AM
Child malaria spikes in Sierra Leone as parents avoid hospitals for fear of coronavirus
Doctors in a rural Sierra Leone hospital may be accustomed to treating severely ill infants, but they recently admitted one of the worst cases they had ever seen.
14 August 2020, 06:08 AM
Covid-19 vaccine will be free for Americans: officials
If a COVID-19 vaccine is proven effective, the US will ensure it's distributed for free to all Americans, officials said Thursday, underscoring there will be no shortcuts on safety.
14 August 2020, 06:07 AM
Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza over balloon attacks
Fresh Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Israel's army said, as a week of hostilities between the Jewish State and the Palestinian enclave raged on.
14 August 2020, 05:59 AM
Wind and solar produced 10% of global electricity in H1 2020
Wind turbines and solar panels produced a record 10% of the world’s electricity in the first half of 2020 as coal-power declined, but steeper change is needed to meet targets set under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a report said yesterday.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Chemical signal for locust swarming identified
Scientists have identified a chemical compound released by locusts that causes them to swarm, opening the door to possible new ways to prevent these insects from devouring crops vital to human sustenance as they have for millennia.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Kenya elephant numbers more than double in 3 decades
Kenya’s elephant numbers more than doubled between 1989 and 2018, thanks to increased anti-poaching efforts, the tourism minister said on Wednesday.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Israel, UAE agree to normalise ties
Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic deal that will lead to a full normalisation of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that US President Donald Trump helped broker.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘It’s all on the line’
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris launched their joint White House bid Wednesday, with the newly-minted vice presidential nominee saying Americans are “crying out for leadership” to overcome the triple crisis of a pandemic, racial injustice and a ravaged economy.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Israel and UAE strike historic deal to normalise relations
Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a historic peace deal that will lead to a full normalisation of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that US President Donald Trump helped broker.
13 August 2020, 15:35 PM
43% schools lacked basic handwashing facilities before pandemic: Unicef, WHO
Some 43 percent of schools around the world lacked access to basic handwashing with soap and water -- a key condition for schools to operate safely amid the Covid-19 pandemic -- in 2019.
13 August 2020, 14:40 PM
Hardened Lebanese merchants battered by Beirut blast
The biggest blast in Beirut’s history killed at least 170 people, injured 6,000 and triggered protests against a political elite blamed for political turmoil and economic collapse. Homes and businesses were razed in the country’s commercial heart.
13 August 2020, 13:30 PM
Nearly 6% of people in England may have had Covid-19, researchers say
Nearly 6% of people in England were likely infected with Covid-19 during the peak of the pandemic, researchers studying the prevalence of infections have said.
13 August 2020, 12:15 PM
China steps up fight against food wastage after President Jinping terms it ‘shameful’
China’s biggest short-video and social media platforms have said they will punish users seen to be wasting food in their broadcasts, as the government urges against food wastage in the middle of a pandemic, with President Xi Jinping terming it “shameful”.
13 August 2020, 11:57 AM
Optimistic we'll have a vaccine in coming months and certainly next year: Germany
German Health Minister Jens Spahn has told ZDF television that he expected there would be a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months and definitely next year.
13 August 2020, 07:08 AM
Pompeo says he warned Lavrov against offering bounties for US soldiers
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be “an enormous price to pay” if Moscow is offering bounties to kill US soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan.
13 August 2020, 05:12 AM
Doubts as Russia claims vaccine
Russia’s claim that it has developed the world’s first vaccine met with scepticism about its effectiveness, as New Zealand warned the re-emergence of COVID-19 could delay its upcoming election.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Pre-orders of Covid-19 vaccine top five billion
Although none of the coronavirus vaccines under development has proved its efficacy yet in clinical trials, at least 5.7 billion doses have been pre-ordered around the world. Five vaccines -- three Western and two Chinese -- are in Phase 3 efficacy trials involving thousands of people.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Syria’s Assad says new US sanctions are part of drive to ‘choke’ Syrians
Syrian President Bashar al Assad has said that sweeping new US sanctions amounted to a new stage of economic warfare against his government and were part of Washington’s long- standing efforts to “choke” Syrians’ living standards.
12 August 2020, 16:53 PM
‘The final blow’ - Beirut blast batters struggling hospitals
With hospitals in Beirut turned into trauma centers and coronavirus cases still rising, some healthcare workers are asking: how can the system cope?
12 August 2020, 15:18 PM