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 as the Covid-19 pandemic raged worldwide. New Year’s Eve marks one year since the World Health Organization first mentioned a mysterious pneumonia in China later identified as Covid-19, which went…

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 as part of a long-running dispute over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing. The tariffs are on “aircraft manufacturing parts from France and Germany, certain non-sparkling wine from France…

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 billions of people eager to bid farewell to a virus-ridden 2020. After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.7 million people die from Covid-19, fresh waves of infection…

Syria Urges UN To Stop Israeli Attacks

DAMASCUS, Dec 31 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, urged the United Nations Security Council, to take firm and immediate measures, to stop Israeli aggression on Syria. In a statement, the ministry said, the Israeli attacks are the result of the “unlimited” support by the United States and some…

Cuban migrants protest at Mexico border, seeking entry to US

CIUDAD JUAREZ (Mexico), Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of Cubans protested at the US border in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday night, demanding they be allowed to cross and claim asylum in the United States. US authorities, including police in anti-riot gear, closed off the bridge…

Storm brings heavy snow, closes Nebraska COVID-19 testing sites

A cyclist walks his bike across Bever Avenue SE as snow falls in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa DES MOINES (Iowa, US). Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A strong winter storm made its way across the Upper Midwest on Tuesday, creating treacherous travel conditions, spurring warnings urging people to stay off the…

Covid-19: Biden says Trump’s vaccine roll out ‘falling far behind’ as first Congress member dies of covid

WILMINGTON (Delaware, US), Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden vowed a relentless effort to fight COVID-19 the moment he takes office, as he warned that Donald Trump’s vaccination drive was falling dangerously short. Speaking after a briefing by experts, Biden promised that as president he will undertake the “greatest…

Covid-19: Brazilian vice president recovering well after being diagnosed with covid

Vice President Hamilton Mourão BRASILIA, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao is recovering well after being diagnosed with COVID-19, his press office said. “The Vice President of the Republic Hamilton Mourao is in good health. He has no fever, only minor body aches, and is recovering well,”…

Covid-19: US reports over 2 mln child cases

A child is tested for the COVID-19 virus at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, Illinois WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Over two million children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest data of the American Academy of Pediatrics…

Covid-19: Latin America and Caribbean top 500,000 deaths

MONTEVIDEO, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latin America and the Caribbean on Tuesday became the second region after Europe to top half a million deaths from Covid-19. There have been at least 500,800 deaths among the 29 countries in the region, with more than half of those in Brazil (192,000) and…
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