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Philippines to get 30mln doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Author: Reuters ID: 1608534798909655600 Mon, 2020-12-21 07:08 MANILA: The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine by July next...
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 16,643
Author: Reuters ID: 1608525716289476000 Mon, 2020-12-21 04:30 BERLIN: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 16,643 to 1,510,652, data from the...
More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant
Author: By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and SYLVIA HUI | AP ID: 1608521959699433200 Mon, 2020-12-21 06:31 BERLIN: A growing list of European Union nations and Canada...
Elon Musk tweeted about a bitcoin rival. It soared 20%
What started off as a meme-inspired parody cryptocurrency has now become the center of a series of tweets in a bitcoin sound-off from Elon...
With improvised raft, Philippine soldier risked all for typhoon rescue
Mon, 2020-12-21 01:33 MANILA: When deadly Typhoon Vamco struck the Philippines in November, an army soldier in a remote northern part of Luzon Island risked...
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce partnership with food charity
Author: Reuters ID: 1608500508885668000 Sun, 2020-12-20 21:32 Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced Sunday that their new charity has partnered with the World...
New mutant strain of coronavirus threatens global fight to curb COVID-19
Mon, 2020-12-21 03:42 JEDDAH: A new mutant strain of the coronavirus is threatening the global fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic. The new strain causes...
Iran’s foreign minister arouses Afghan anger
Author: Mon, 2020-12-21 01:37 KABUL: Senior Afghan analysts on Sunday criticized comments by the Iranian foreign minister, where he suggested fighters from Fatemiyoun, an Iranian...
Rockets fired at Baghdad Green Zone in ‘terrorist act,’ Iraq says
A rocket attack on Baghdad’s diplomatic Green Zone Sunday night was “a terrorist act” that undermines Iraq’s international reputation, the country’s president says.
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’ 
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo 
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen