In this November 9, 2020, file photo, pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) Matthew W., a nurse at two different local hospitals, said …
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“The government has today accepted the recommendation from the MHRA to authorise Oxford University/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for use,” U.K. Health Ministry said. The U.K. on December 30 became the first …
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Workers are seen at the production line of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EV) at a factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters BEIJING — China’s National Bureau of Statistics …
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Sydney Christmas beach party sparks ‘backpacker’ deportation threat from Australian immigration minister
Melbourne, Australia (CNN) — Australia’s Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs has threatened to cancel the visas of any visitors caught breaking rules designed to prevent the spread of …
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A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of 106,543 coronavirus patients initially hospitalized between March and July found that one in 11 was readmitted within two months …
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In just over three weeks, Donald Trump will no longer be president, but he’s spent his last month in office sowing discord. His latest chaos muppetry — a demand that …
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was offered a history lesson on Twitter after he fretted over stay-at-home orders imposed to limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus ravaging the nation. “What …
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The scale of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan early this year may have been nearly 10 times the recorded tally, a study conducted by China’s public health authorities indicates, leaving …
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Beijing: Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it was 79 percent effective, the Chinese pharma giant said Wednesday, lower than rival jabs developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna …
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Wasabi is a crucial ingredient in Japanese sushi. It is known as ‘green gold’ in Japan. But even in Japan, authentic wasabi is hard to find. It is difficult to …
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SINGAPORE — China’s IPO market is set to keep booming next year even after a blockbuster 2020, according to the chief investment officer of a Chinese financial services firm. It …
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Two convicted of organizing the illegal border crossing were sentenced to two and three years in prison, respectively. The other eight were convicted of taking part in the border crossing …
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Renters at risk of eviction have narrowly avoided catastrophe — at least for another month. Congress’s latest stimulus package (which President Donald Trump finally signed late Sunday night) extended a …
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” …
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World facing ‘enormous vacuum’ without US leadership, will reclaim ability to lead, vows Joe Biden – World News , Firstpost
The President-elect, making the remarks during a meet with his national security team, said much work needs to be done to re-invest in diplomacy after four years of pulling back …
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A congressman-elect from Louisiana has died of Covid-19, the state’s governor, John Bel Edwards announced on Tuesday night. Luke Letlow, 41, was elected in November to replace Representative Ralph Abraham, …
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WASHINGTON: U.S. Representative-elect Luke Letlow of Louisiana has died of COVID-19, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said on Tuesday. Letlow, 41, announced on Dec. 18 that he had tested positive …
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Public health officials are investigating other potential cases and performing contract tracing to determine the spread of the variant throughout the State. The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 …
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‘Bullet has left the chamber’: Biden will not likely roll back Trump campaign against China tech
US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Electoral college certification at the Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware on December 14, 2020. Roberto Schmidt | AFP | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, …
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It was a typical night at the Davidson household in New Tazewell, Tennessee, on December 8. Chris and Nicole Davidson fed their three children dinner, tucked them into bed and …
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Luke Letlow, a Republican who was elected to the House of Representatives this month to represent Louisiana’s fifth Congressional district, has died of complications from Covid-19, a congressman from the …
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In the early, uncertain days of the pandemic, city life was under attack. A Twitter cohort of self-appointed pundits began declaring that a middle-class migration was nigh, that Americans were …
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Congressman-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.) has died of COVID-19, according to multiple reports. The 41-year-old contracted the virus on Dec. 18 and was later moved to an intensive care unit in …
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Nepal crisis: China’s Guo Yezhou invites Nepali Congress chief Deuba to attend CPC’s 100th anniversary – World News , Firstpost
Yezhou met the Nepal Opposition leader on Tuesday and discussed the latest political developments in the country following the dissolution of Parliament by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli File image …
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A new variant of the novel coronavirus does not appear to cause more severe illness than other variants, according to a matched study by Public Health England. Scientists say the …
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BELGRADE: Hundreds of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East waited in the cold on Tuesday to be bussed out of a burned camp about to be dismantled in …