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WHO chief says coronavirus is ‘not tired’, urges vigilance
PARIS: People are becoming weary of the coronavirus pandemic but should remain vigilant and continue to take precautions while the world awaits a vaccine, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
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Smooth transition: Mask maker dumps Trump, embraces Biden
TOKYO: For a mask producer in Japan, the transition from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden has been a smooth one, as it switches production to masks of the Democrat president-elect.
Ogawa Studios, a small producer in Saitama, north of…
US Election 2020: Jemima shares White House version of…
LONDON/KARACHI: Film producer and Prime Minister Imran Khan's former spouse, Jemima Goldsmith, late Thursday night shared the White House version of 'Mujhe Kyun Nikala' — a pet phrase by PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif — as Republican president…
Cameroon buries seven children killed in school shooting
KUMBA: The plaque on Nzakame Rhema’s coffin marks the “sunset” of her short life – Oct. 24, 2020, the day gunmen burst into her school in Cameroon’s South West region and killed seven children.
In the town of Kumba on Thursday, hundreds…
Delivery timetable for Oxford COVID-19 vaccine slips
LONDON: The timetable for delivery of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine candidate has slipped, the UK’s vaccine chief said, adding Britain will receive just 4 million doses of the shot this year.
Britain had agreed in…
Volkswagen CEO says Biden victory would better suit carmaker’s…
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess on Thursday said a victory by Democrat Joe Biden in the US presidential race would better suit the German carmaker’s efforts to mass-produce electric cars across the globe.
“A…
Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus
Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people.
The mutation “could pose a…
Biden predicts a win, promises to unite as Trump goes to court
Democrat Joe Biden on Wednesday predicted victory over President Donald Trump after winning two critical U.S. states, while the Republican incumbent alleged fraud, filed lawsuits and demanded recounts in a race yet to be decided a day…
Dead body mistaken for Halloween decoration
A passerby discovered a dead body while initially considering it a Halloween decoration in the parking lot of a Maryland shop.
According to the United States (US) media report, the issue came to light after an unidentified person called…
#USElection2020: Biden bats away Trump victory claim
WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON: The U.S. presidential election hung in the balance on Wednesday, with a handful of states set to decide the outcome in the coming hours or days, even as Donald Trump falsely claimed victory and made unfounded…