NEW YORK: About two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca are set to be supplied every week by the middle of January in the United Kingdom, The Times reported. AstraZeneca expects to supply two million doses of the vaccine in total by next week, the […]
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DETROIT: The leader of Delta Air Lines is telling workers that he expects some recovery from the coronavirus travel downturn by the spring. CEO Ed Bastian wrote in a New Year’s Day memo to employees that he expects 2021 to start with travel deeply depressed like it was last year. […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump vetoed a Bill on Friday (Jan 1) that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California, saying such legislation would increase reliance on imported seafood and worsen a multibillion-dollar seafood trade deficit. Trump also […]
WASHINGTON: The US Congress yesterday dealt Donald Trump a humiliating blow in his last days in office with the Senate voting overwhelmingly to override his veto of a sweeping defence bill — the first time lawmakers have done so during his presidency. By a lopsided vote of 81-13, well more […]
LONDON: Sheffield United’s drastic dip in form this season is one of the sport’s anomalies but they are still a team that can be tough to beat even as they search for their first win, Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson said yesterday. The Blades were last season’s surprise package when […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the US Senate on Friday (Jan 1) overrode his veto for the first time in his nearly four years in office, pushing through a Bill on defense spending against his strong objections 20 days before he leaves office. Meeting in a rare New […]
LONDON: The United Kingdom recorded a further 53,285 cases of Covid-19 today, the fourth day running that it has topped 50,000, and 613 deaths, official data showed. The rise in cases compares with the 55,892 that were reported yesterday, while the death tally marks a fall from the 964 reported […]
BEIJIN: There is no sign new coronavirus variants will affect the immune impact of a vaccine that China has just authorised for public use, a disease control official was quoted as saying today. The shot by an affiliate of state-backed company Sinopharm was approved yesterday, the day after news of […]
MANILA: The Philippines will prohibit the entry of foreign travellers from the United States effective Jan. 3, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman said today, after the more infectious new variant of the coronavirus was detected in Florida. The travel ban, until Jan. 15, covers those who have been to the United […]
Kim Jong-un thanked North Koreans for supporting his leadership in ‘difficult times’ in a rare hand-written New Year letter released today. SEOUL: Kim Jong-un thanked North Koreans for supporting his leadership in “difficult times” in a rare hand-written New Year letter released today ahead of a crucial ruling party […]