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‘Vaccine for new COVID-19 variant possible in six weeks’

A new vaccine against the mutated version of the novel coronavirus can be developed within six seeks, BioNTech’s CEO and co-founder Ugur Sahin said on Tuesday. The Turkish-German scientist, who developed the world’s first effective COVID-19 vaccine, made the remarks during a virtual news conference of his pharma company. […]

China’s new Long March-8 rocket makes first flight

Beijing-China’s new carrier rocket, the Long March-8, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, the country’s space agency said, the first phase of a strategy to deploy launch vehicles that can be reused. The Long March-8 series is part of China’s endeavours to develop reusable rockets, […]

US Navy sends warship through China’s claimed waters for second time in week

China’s new aircraft carrier, Shandong, is also on its way to the South China Sea for military drills. The warship was spotted near Hainan on Tuesday and is reported to be carrying a new squadron of J-15 fighters. For the second time in a week, a US […]

Turkish parliament approves motion for troops deployment in Libya

The Turkish parliament on Tuesday approved a motion calling for an extension in troop deployment in Libya for another 18 months. While the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) backed the motion, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Peoples’ Democratic […]

More travel bans as UK isolated over virus variant

London-The world scrambled Monday to contain a fast-spreading mutation of the coronavirus sweeping Britain, as a growing number of countries suspended flights from the UK, sowing travel chaos ahead of the holidays. Dozens of countries from India to Argentina have banned flights from Britain in fear of the new […]

Joe Biden receives Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware Hospital

The latest moves by US President-elect Joe Biden come after top government officials such as Vice President Mike Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams were publicly vaccinated as part of a campaign to assure Americans of the vaccine’s safety amid widespread skepticism. Biden received his […]

UK will not extend transition period despite new virus strain fears

As the new coronavirus strain has forced the UK to tighten restrictions and caused the trade talks to remain stalled, Britain has faced calls to extend the transition period that is set to terminate on 31 December. The United Kingdom will not be extending the […]

Tehran, Kabul look to finalise long-term strategic pact

Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib held talks with his Iranian counterpart Ali Shamkhani in Tehran on Tuesday as the two countries look to finalize a long-term cooperation pact. The talks between Shamkhani, who heads Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Mohib covered security cooperation between […]

Sudan, Ethiopia to hold border demarcation talks

Sudan and Ethiopia will hold negotiations this week on delineating their shared border, a Sudanese government official said Monday. Information Minister Faisal Mohamed Salih disclosed that a high-level Ethiopian delegation will visit Khartoum on Tuesday. He was addressing the media upon the arrival of Sudan’s Prime Minister […]

Modi under fire for “destroying” millions lives; failure to meet 21-day claim of win over COVID

ISLAMABAD, : As COVID-19 caseload in India crossed 10 million mark, the opposition leaders attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over failure of the “unplanned lockdown” strategy to fulfill his claim of defeating virus within 21 days. India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed 10 million mark on Saturday, adding one […]

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