India finds five with coronavirus on UK flight, testing for strain
Author: Reuters ID: 1608622904835762500 Tue, 2020-12-22 07:30 MUMBAI: Five people arriving in India from Britain have tested positive for the coronavirus, a government official...
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Thailand tells market buyers to seek tests as coronavirus cases climb
Author: Reuters ID: 1608623622735797900 Tue, 2020-12-22 07:07 SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand: Thailand confirmed 427 new coronavirus infections and urged about 1,000 people spanning a quarter...
Kabul roadside bomb attack kills five
Author: AP ID: 1608623690845801200 Tue, 2020-12-22 07:48 KABUL, Afghanistan: A roadside bomb tore through a vehicle in the Afghan capital of Kabul Tuesday, killing...
BioNTech CEO confident COVID-19 vaccine will work on UK variant
Author: AP ID: 1608628567665994600 Tue, 2020-12-22 09:09 BERLIN: German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant,...
Germany bans UK, S.Africa arrivals until Jan 6
Author: AFP ID: 1608628894426001700 Tue, 2020-12-22 09:20 BERLIN: Germany on Tuesday extended a ban on arrivals from Britain and South Africa until January 6...
Carelessness may be fueling rapid spread of coronavirus mutation in UK, say WHO experts
Author: Tue, 2020-12-22 12:42 NEW YORK: World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Monday said the novel coronavirus is mutating “at a much slower rate”...
Spain holds huge Christmas lottery with virus restrictions
Author: Associated Press ID: 1608630178376056000 Tue, 2020-12-22 09:39 MADRID: Children from Madrid’s San Ildefonso school have begun calling out prize-winning numbers in Spain’s bumper...
Kremlin says Navalny suffers ‘delusions of persecution’
Author: AFP ID: 1608634177766259500 Tue, 2020-12-22 10:47 MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Tuesday that opposition leader Alexei Navalny was a “sick” man who suffered...
US warship sails by China-claimed Spratly Islands
Author: AFP ID: 1608636634346385200 Tue, 2020-12-22 11:25 WASHINGTON: An American warship sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea...
US strikes at the heart of China’s bid to become a tech superpower
China had been counting on its biggest chipmaker to help the country eventually reduce its reliance on the likes of Intel and Samsung. The...
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