India has authorized the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, and by local pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech, according to the country’s drug regulator. At a news briefing on Sunday, Drugs Controller General Dr. Venugopal G Somani said both vaccines would be administered in two doses. “The… vaccines of Serum […]
US President Donald Trump, on holiday in Florida, has finally signed a $2.3 trillion financial package that is crucial to millions of jobless Americans, after coming under pressure from legislators. The White House confirmed the outgoing president had signed the bill shortly after he tweeted: “Good news on Covid Relief Bill. Information to follow.” Trump, […]
The EU is launching a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc’s top official says is a “touching moment of unity”. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had been delivered to all 27 member states. Some countries started administering the jabs on Saturday, saying they […]
The US Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden win on Monday as the nation’s next president and Trump defeat, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. The presidential electors gave Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same […]
Several people were stabbed in the United States capital, Washington DC, on Saturday night after day-long protests by the supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump who refuses to accept the results of the Nov 3 elections. Earlier on Saturday, the head of the Republican Party in Texas suggested forming a union of pro-Trump states to […]
Four People Given the New COVID Vaccine in Clinical Trials Developed Bell’s Palsy. Should You Be Worried? Here’s what to know about the condition, which causes temporary facial paralysis, and if a link has established to the new vaccine. Pfizer Vaccine A document released on December 8, ahead of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson invited strong criticism from members of the UK parliament. After he termed the ongoing protests by Indian farmers as a matter between India and Pakistan. However, during the question and answer hour in the UK parliament on Wednesday. Johnson was responding to a question by Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi […]
Donald Trump has high-rise towers named after him around the world. And Joe Biden? A municipal swimming pool in Delaware. A visit to the president-elect modest; some would say dull, the hometown of Wilmington illustrates the intense shift in the atmosphere; coming to the White House with the change of power this January. Trump, a […]
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Thursday added China’s top chipmaker, SMIC, and oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, drawing condemnation from Beijing as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office. The Department of Defense designated a total of four additional companies as owned or controlled by the Chinese military, including […]
Donald Trump has said he will leave the White House if Joe Biden is formally confirmed as the next US president. Answering reporters’ questions for the first time since losing the 3 November vote, Mr. Trump insisted, however, that “this race is far from over”. He has refused to concede, citing unsubstantiated claims of voter […]
