LONDON: AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials in healthy volunteers, data showed on Monday (Jul 20). The vaccine is called AZD1222 and is being developed by AstraZeneca and scientists at Britain’s University of Oxford. It did not prompt any serious side […]
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Actor Johnny Depp “threatened to kill” ex-wife Amber Heard “many times”, the US actress has claimed. She described a “three-day hostage situation” during which she claimed Mr Depp was on a “drug and alcohol binge”. Mr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that referred […]
NEW YORK: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday (Jul 20) that local governments and police departments were failing to disband parties that violated social distancing orders and warned that he might need to roll back the state’s reopening if that continued. The warning came after a warm summer […]
NEW DELHI: India’s largest budget airline IndiGo said on Monday (Jul 20) it was laying off 10 per cent of its workforce in the wake of the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. IndiGo rose quickly to capture nearly half the domestic market in recent years, reaping big profits on […]
BEIJING: China warned Monday (Jul 20) that Britain was heading down “a wrong path” as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was expected to announce the suspension of an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, raising tensions between the countries. Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, told a regular press briefing that […]
LONDON: Britain will on Monday (Jul 20) suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who on Sunday accused China of “gross” human rights […]
Protecting nature will be at the heart of the UK’s recovery from the Covid virus, Environment Secretary George Eustice has said. Speaking to environmental organisations he said that leaving the EU allows Britain to develop smarter rules to safeguard green spaces. He promised post-Brexit regulations tailored to enhance habitats without […]
PARIS: From Monday (Jul 20), shoppers entering the bakery in Paris where Kalil Gaci works are required by law to wear a face mask, but his customers are taking the new rule in their stride. “There’s no problem in wearing one, I’m completely for it,” said Elina Outh, a 22-year-old […]
NEW YORK: US companies are raising new questions about how they can make workplaces safe after the world’s top public health agency acknowledged the risk that tiny airborne droplets of the novel coronavirus may contribute to its spread, industry healthcare consultants said. About two weeks ago, the World Health Organization […]
Uber has been accused by a UK-based drivers union of displaying favouritism in the way in which it allocates jobs. The App Drivers & Couriers Union has launched a legal challenge in a bid to understand how the firm’s algorithms pair drivers with ride requests. The union wants Uber to […]