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Bulgarian doctors exhausted as COVID deaths hit record 30 Nov 2020 - 08:22 pm

SOFIA - With coronavirus death rates surging to record levels in Bulgaria, doctors and nurses in a health service already weakened by decades...

With vaccines within reach, US braces for post-Thanksgiving coronavirus surge 30 Nov 2020 - 08:03 pm

WASHINGTON - After a Thanksgiving weekend when the number of people traveling through U.S. airports reached its highest since mid-March, a top government...

Biden picks diverse team of top economic advisers 30 Nov 2020 - 07:56 pm

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden named former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as his Treasury secretary nominee on Monday, and named three...

WHO says 'will do everything' to find Covid-19 origins 30 Nov 2020 - 07:46 pm

Geneva - The World Health Organization insisted Monday it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge...

Pakistan government, opposition trade blame as virus cases surge 30 Nov 2020 - 07:39 pm

Pakistan has reported a sharp jump in daily new Covid-19 cases over the last week, which the administration of Prime Minister Imran Khan...

Kaavan, Pakistan's lonesome elephant, starts new life in Cambodia 30 Nov 2020 - 07:33 pm

PHNOM PENH - Pakistan's lonely elephant Kaavan arrived in Cambodia by cargo plane on Monday to start a new life with 600 fellow...

Germany to store medical supplies for future crises 30 Nov 2020 - 07:20 pm

Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel's government agreed Monday to create 19 storage sites for medical equipment across Germany to avoid the shortages of...

Two coronavirus vaccines available in U.S. in coming weeks: U.S. health secretary 30 Nov 2020 - 04:41 pm

WASHINGTON: The first two vaccines against the novel coronavirus could be available to Americans before Christmas, Health Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday,...

Vietnam reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case in 89 days 30 Nov 2020 - 04:38 pm

HANO: Vietnam confirmed on Monday its first locally transmitted case of the coronavirus in nearly three months, after the infection of a man...

Novavax sees start of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial in coming weeks after second delay 30 Nov 2020 - 03:24 pm

NEW YORK: Vaccine maker Novavax Inc said on Monday it has pushed back the start of a U.S.-based, late-stage trial for its experimental...

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine reports 100% success rate in preventing severe cases 30 Nov 2020 - 03:20 pm

Moderna Inc said it will apply for US and European emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday based on full results from...

Russia begins mass trials of second coronavirus vaccine 30 Nov 2020 - 03:15 pm

MOSCOW: Russia plans to begin mass trials of its second coronavirus vaccine, EpiVacCorona, on people aged over 18 on Monday, the RIA news...

Russia under renewed pressure to explain Navalny poisoning 30 Nov 2020 - 02:58 pm

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Russia came under renewed pressure Monday to explain the nerve agent attack on opposition figure Alexei Navalny as the annual...

Trump to add China's SMIC and CNOOC to defense blacklist: Sources 30 Nov 2020 - 02:33 pm

Washington: The Trump administration is poised to add China's top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist...

Swiss skier Marc Gisin retires after incomplete recovery from crashes 30 Nov 2020 - 01:49 pm

ZURICH: Swiss alpine skier Marc Gisin, who lost nearly all his teeth in a horrifying 2018 crash at 120 kph during a World...

China to force firms to report use of plastic in new recycling push 30 Nov 2020 - 01:23 pm

SHANGHAI: Restaurants, e-commerce platforms and delivery firms will be forced to report their utilisation of single-use plastics to the authorities and also submit...

Australia PM slams Chinese official's 'repugnant' tweet 30 Nov 2020 - 11:57 am

Sydney: Australia's prime minister angrily denounced a "repugnant", "outrageous" and "appalling" tweet from a top Chinese government spokesman Monday and demanded Beijing formally...