Washington, December 30 (IANS): Anthony Fauci, America's top expert of infectious diseases, has said people in the US, currently the world's hardest-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, have to assume that the
Washington, December 30 (IANS): US President-elect Joe Biden has criticised the Donald Trump-led administration's distribution of coronavirus vaccines, saying it was falling behind schedule.
Biden said t
Washington, December 30 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 81.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.78 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Washington, December 30 (IANS): US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
According to the Biden-Harris transition team, Harris w
Tehran, December 29 (AP): The first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began Tuesday, state TV reported, with dozens due to receive the domestically developed shot even as de
Zagreb (Croatia), December 29 (AP): A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing major damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of the capital. A girl was killed in the quake and a
Kathmandu, December 29 (PTI): Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party's rival faction Madhav Kumar Nepal said on Tuesday that the party could still be united if Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was willin
PHNOM PENH, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that the country's first community outbreak of the novel coronavirus was over after no locally transmitted cases was reported
KARACHI, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Health authorities in Pakistan's Sindh province announced on Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant found in the UK has been identified in three samples taken from passengers
LONDON, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the post-Brexit trade deal is a new starting point for Britain and the European Union (EU).
"I welcomed the importance of the UK
Beijing, December 29 (PTI): The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus emerged a year ago before it became a pandemic and upended life across the globe, has started the emergency COVID-19 vaccinatio
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): In his New Year's message, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to make 2021 "a year of healing".
"Together,
ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday reiterated that Prime Minister Imran Khan will not resign at the behest of the 11-party opposition alliance, the PDM.
KABUL, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that targeted killings of journalists and civil society activists were "an attack on a generation" and an attempt to further destabili
Washington, December 29 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 81.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.77 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Wuhan, December 29 (IANS): The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus originated in December 2019, has started the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine candidates on certain key groups of people, the m
HANOI, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): Vietnam recorded export turnovers of approximately $281.5 billion in 2020, up 6.5 per cent year-on-year, and import turnovers of over $262.4 billion, up 3.6 per cent, with a trade sur
Washington/Beijing, December 28 (PTI): US President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that reaffirms the right of Tibetans to choose a successor to the Dalai Lama and calls for establishing an American co
Beijing, December 28 (PTI): China on Monday appealed to the warring factions of the Nepal Communist Party to properly handle their disputes and strive for political stability as a high-level delegation of the C
Dubai, December 28 (AP): One of Saudi Arabias most prominent womens rights activists was sentenced on Monday to nearly six years in prison under a vague and broadly-worded law aimed at combating terrorism, acco