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Wed, January 27, 2021 | 12:44

Last-ditch effort to save Brexit trade talks from failure

Last-ditch effort to save Brexit trade talks from failure

British and EU negotiators embark on probably their final two-day scramble to secure a post-Brexit trade deal Sunday, after failing to reach agreement for eight months.

2020-12-06 20:09

Britain gets ready for roll-out of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week

Britain gets ready for roll-out of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week

Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the shot available at hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors' clinics, the government said on Sunday. The first doses are set to be administered on Tuesday, with the National Health Service (NHS) giving top priority to vaccinating the over-80s...

2020-12-06 20:09

WHO warns virus crisis not over as vaccine rollout starts

WHO warns virus crisis not over as vaccine rollout starts

The World Health Organization warned that vaccines were no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis, as Russia started vaccinating its high-risk workers Saturday and other countries geared up for similar programmes. The WHO warned about what it said was an erroneous belief that the Covid-19 crisis is over with jabs on the horizon, nearly a year after the start of the pandemic ...

2020-12-06 11:34

Britain to begin COVID-19 vaccinations within days

Britain to begin COVID-19 vaccinations within days

Britain became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday and could be dispensing shots within days _ a historic step toward eventually ending the outbreak that has killed more than 1.4 million people around the globe.

2020-12-03 11:19

Ex-French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing dies of COVID-19

Ex-French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing dies of COVID-19

Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, died on Wednesday. He was 94. Giscard d'Estaing's office said he passed away in his family home in the Loir-et-Cher region, in central France, after contracting COVID-19.

2020-12-03 11:00

UK approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use

UK approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use

Pfizer and BioNTech say they've won permission Wednesday for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, the world's first coronavirus shot that's backed by rigorous science -- and a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. The move makes Britain one of the first countries to begin vaccinating its population as it tries to curb Europe's deadliest COVID-19 out...

2020-12-02 16:16

Sweden mother 'kept son locked up for decades'

Sweden mother 'kept son locked up for decades'

A woman in Sweden suspected of holding her son captive inside their apartment for decades has been arrested, police said on Tuesday, with reports claiming the man was found undernourished with infected sores on his body and almost no teeth. Stockholm police spokesman Ola Osterling told AFP the man had been "locked up for a very long time" in the apartment in a southern Stockh...

2020-12-02 11:02

Pfizer-BioNTech seek EU emergency approval for COVID-19 vaccine, target Dec rollout

Pfizer-BioNTech seek EU emergency approval for COVID-19 vaccine, target Dec rollout

Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out in Europe this month, the companies said on Tuesday after they applied for EU emergency approval for the shot.

2020-12-01 20:30

Moderna applies for authorization of COVID-19 vaccine in US, EU

Moderna applies for authorization of COVID-19 vaccine in US, EU

U.S. firm Moderna says it will submit its COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and conditional approval from the European Medicines Agency on Monday.

2020-11-30 21:11

Iran mulls response as it prepares to bury killed nuclear scientist

Iran mulls response as it prepares to bury killed nuclear scientist

Debate raged in Iran on Sunday over how and when to respond to a top nuclear scientist's assassination, blamed on arch-foe Israel, as his body was honoured at Shiite shrines to prepare it for burial. Two days after Mohsen Fakhrizadeh died from wounds sustained in a firefight between his guards and unidentified gunmen near Tehran, parliament demanded a halt to international in...

2020-11-30 11:41

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