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Vietnam to access its first COVAX coronavirus vaccines in Q1 05 Feb 2021 - 04:29 pm

HANOI: Vietnam is expected to get access to the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines within the first quarter under the COVAX coronavirus vaccine...

S.Korea unveils $43 bln plan for world's largest offshore wind farm 05 Feb 2021 - 04:00 pm

SEOUL: South Korea unveiled a 48.5 trillion won ($43.2 billion) plan to build the world's largest wind power plant by 2030 as part...

U.S. Senate passes budget plan to advance Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID aid package 05 Feb 2021 - 02:46 pm

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's drive to enact a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum on Friday as the U.S. Senate narrowly approved...

Indian protests against agriculture reforms attract new supporters 05 Feb 2021 - 01:05 pm

BHAINSWAL, India - Thousands of farmers in a politically important Indian state on Friday rallied in opposition to new agricultural laws, signalling growing...

Mexican president tests negative for COVID-19, less than two weeks after contracting it 05 Feb 2021 - 12:38 pm

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has had a negative COVID-19 test, the government said on Thursday, less than two...

AstraZeneca files for Japan approval of COVID-19 vaccine, 2nd after Pfizer treatment 05 Feb 2021 - 12:35 pm

TOKYO - Drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC said on Friday it had applied for approval in Japan of its COVID-19 vaccine, making it the second...

Britain's COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy to start Feb. 15 05 Feb 2021 - 12:31 pm

LONDON - Britain will place travellers arriving from COVID-19 hot spots in quarantine in hotels from Feb. 15, the government said, after criticism...

Pfizer drops India vaccine application after regulator seeks local trial 05 Feb 2021 - 12:25 pm

NEW DELHI - Pfizer Inc said on Friday it had withdrawn an application for emergency-use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in India, after...

Norway will not offer AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65 04 Feb 2021 - 11:56 pm

OSLO - Norway will not offer the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to individuals over the age of 65, the Norwegian Institute of Public...

Fired Ohio police officer under arrest on murder charge in Black man's shooting 04 Feb 2021 - 11:45 pm

A former Ohio police officer, who is white, will appear at a bail hearing on Friday after his arrest on a charge of...

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots may arrive in Canada before end March -minister 04 Feb 2021 - 11:39 pm

TORONTO/OTTAWA - Deliveries of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine to Canada could begin before the end of March, if the country's health regulator approves...

House Democrats ask Trump to testify at his impeachment trial 04 Feb 2021 - 11:18 pm

WASHINGTON - House of Representatives Democrats who will prosecute former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial asked him on Thursday to testify...

Trump resigns from actors union after facing discipline from Capitol riot 04 Feb 2021 - 11:07 pm

WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump on Thursday resigned his membership in top U.S. actors and screen union that was reviewing disciplinary action...

China to donate 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Congo Republic 04 Feb 2021 - 10:54 pm

BRAZZAVILLE - China will donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Congo Republic and forgive $13 million in public debt, its ambassador to...

South Korea PM orders revamp of COVID-19 social distancing rules 04 Feb 2021 - 10:05 pm

SEOUL: South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Thursday ordered a revamp of social distancing guidelines in a bid to win greater public...

China bat caves need exploring in search for COVID origins, WHO team member says 04 Feb 2021 - 09:32 pm

Wuhan, China - A member of the World Health Organization-led team searching for clues to the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese...

EU regulator reviewing Lilly, Regeneron COVID-19 antibody therapies 04 Feb 2021 - 09:24 pm

Europe's drugs regulator said on Thursday it was reviewing data on COVID-19 antibody therapies developed by U.S. drugmakers Eli Lilly and Regeneron for...

Zimbabwe to get 200,000 COVID-19 doses from China's Sinopharm 04 Feb 2021 - 09:02 pm

HARARE - Zimbabwe will receive 200,000 free doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday, after China and Russia...