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UN chief to study Pakistan’s dossier regarding Indian state…
NEW YORK: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will study the dossier that Pakistan handed over to him containing irrefutable evidence of Indian sponsorship of terrorism in Pakistan.
Briefing the journalists in New…
Toyota halts operations at Indian plant
BENGALURU: Toyota Motors again halted operations at its car plant in southern India from Monday, as the majority of members of its workers’ union continued a sit-in strike, the automaker said.
Both the Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM)…
England to use testing to shorten quarantine for incoming…
LONDON: England will introduce a new system on Dec. 15 allowing passengers arriving from high-risk countries to take a COVID-19 test after five days of quarantine and to be released from any further self-isolation if they test negative.
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Russia ready to provide other countries with Sputnik COVID-19…
MOSCOW: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told G20 leaders on Saturday that Russia was ready to provide its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to other countries who need it.
Russia is also preparing its second and third vaccine, Putin said,…
Thai school students protest against ‘dinosaurs’
BANGKOK: With a parade of people dressed in dinosaur costumes to represent Thailand’s establishment, high school students led a protest by thousands of people in Bangkok on Saturday with calls to bring down the government and reform the…
Violence erupts in Brazil after Black man beaten to death at…
PORTO ALEGRE: More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store.
The killing, which has sparked…
Canada grants interim authorization to COVID-19 drug
Canada has granted interim authorization to Eli Lilly’s antibody drug for treating COVID-19 in patients who are not hospitalized, but are at risk of serious illness because of their age or other conditions, the drugmaker said on Friday.
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Saudi Arabia plans to launch special economic zones in 2021
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday the Gulf state plans to launch special economic zones in 2021.
Speaking to a G20 panel, Falih also said the kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan to diversify the…
Boris Johnson sought to tone down bullying report on Priti Patel:…
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to tone down an independent report that found one of his most senior ministers had bullied staff, two media reports said on Saturday.
Johnson on Friday backed his Home Secretary Priti…
Pfizer applies for emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine
Pfizer said on Friday it has applied to U.S. health regulators for emergency use authorization (EUA) of its COVID-19 vaccine, a major step toward providing protection against the new coronavirus for pandemic-weary Americans.
The…