Covid-19: UK approves lower-cost vaccine as pandemic surges globally
LONDON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain became the first nation to approve a lower-cost vaccine partially developed by Oxford University…
At least 15 feared dead in PNG landslide
PORT MORESBY, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Up to 15 people were feared dead after a landslide struck a mining camp…
Yemen airport blasts kill 26 as government plane arrives
ADEN, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 26 people were killed when explosions rocked Yemen’s Aden airport moments after a…
Covid-19: China’s first vaccine hustled to market as race to inoculate 1.3bn speeds up
BEIJING, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China has granted “conditional” market approval to a Sinopharm vaccine with a reported 79 percent…
Brexit takes full effect as UK leaves EU single market
LONDON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brexit becomes a reality on Thursday as Britain leaves Europe’s customs union and single market,…
Syria: 25 killed in ambush in eastern desert region
DAMASCUS, Jan 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 25 people were killed when armed men attacked a passenger bus in the…
US imposes new tariffs on French, German products in Airbus-Boeing spat
WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced that it will impose additional tariffs on French and German products…
Brexit sparks fears of disrupted food, drug supplies in UK
LONDON, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Despite the free trade deal signed by London and Brussels, suppliers of food and medicine…
World begins ushering in locked-down New Year
SYDNEY, Jan 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world began ushering in the New Year Thursday, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for…
Covid-19: Algerian President Tebboune returns after treatment in Germany
ALGIERS, Dec 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned Tuesday after a two-month stay in Germany, where he was…