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China says annual production capacity of virus vaccine to reach 610 million 25 Sep 2020 - 04:30 pm

Beijing: China's Covid-19 vaccine development programme is in a "leading position" and Beijing expects annual production capacity to reach over 600 million doses...

Fire breaks out at Huawei office in southern China 25 Sep 2020 - 03:35 pm

Beijing: A huge fire broke out in southern China on Friday at an unfinished Huawei research facility, sending massive plumes of smoke over...

Italy launches fund to help virus-hit hospitality industry 25 Sep 2020 - 03:13 pm

MILAN: Italy's state lender CDP said on Friday it had created a National Tourism Fund to invest up to 2 billion euros ($2.3...

World's youth rallies against climate change 25 Sep 2020 - 02:50 pm

BRUSSELS: United under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, young people rallied worldwide on Friday to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in...

Farmers block rails and roads in India to protest new bills 25 Sep 2020 - 02:06 pm

New Delhi - Angry farmers took to the streets and blocked roads and railways across India on Friday, intensifying protests over major new...

UK police officer shot dead at custody centre in south London 25 Sep 2020 - 01:48 pm

LONDON - A British police officer has been shot dead by a man who was being detained at a custody centre in south...

North Korea regrets killing South Korean to control coronavirus 25 Sep 2020 - 01:35 pm

SEOUL - North Korea expressed regret on Friday over the death of a missing South Korean, saying it shot him as part of...

Some northern hemisphere countries struggling to source more flu vaccines -WHO 25 Sep 2020 - 01:19 pm

GENEVA - Some northern hemisphere countries are having trouble obtaining additional flu vaccines amid increased demand, but health workers and the elderly should...

Moscow mayor urges more home-working as Russia's new COVID cases hit 3-month high 25 Sep 2020 - 12:59 pm

MOSCOW - The mayor of Moscow urged businesses on Friday to get more people to work from home as Russia's daily tally of...

SPB, singer of 40,000 Indian film songs, dies at 74 25 Sep 2020 - 11:59 am

Mumbai: SP Balasubrahmanyam, whose prolific output as a singer included around 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages, died Friday aged 74 after a...

US federal prosecutor announces inquiry into nine discarded ballots 25 Sep 2020 - 12:02 am

WASHINGTON - A top federal prosecutor in the battleground state of Pennsylvania revealed on Thursday his office has launched an investigation into a...

US vaccine program chief backs stricter rules for emergency use of COVID-19 shot 24 Sep 2020 - 10:13 pm

CHICAGO - The scientific head of the U.S. government program designed to speed the development of COVID-19 vaccines said on Thursday he supports...

Facebook suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of US election hack-and-leak threat 24 Sep 2020 - 10:05 pm

LONDON - Facebook Inc on Thursday said it had dismantled three networks of fake accounts that could be used by Russia's intelligence services...

Pfizer partner BioNTech sees no role for its vaccine in UK challenge trial 24 Sep 2020 - 09:35 pm

FRANKFURT - Pfizer's German development partner BioNTech on Thursday joined other leading COVID-19 vaccine developers in ruling out participation in British plans to...

Japan's new PM calls for better ties with South Korea, cooperation on North Korea 24 Sep 2020 - 09:26 pm

TOKYO/SEOUL - Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, spoke to South Korea's president for the first time on Thursday, calling for both countries...

Lebanon to compensate for Beirut blast lost homes, businesses 24 Sep 2020 - 09:18 pm

Beirut - Lebanon on Thursday unveiled a compensation programme for the thousands of homes and businesses devastated by the August 4 mega-blast at...

Senate panel plans to issue subpoenas to CEO's of Google, Facebook, Twitter 24 Sep 2020 - 09:10 pm

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee chaired by Republican Senator Roger Wicker will issue subpoenas to the chief executives of Twitter Inc,...