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Russian Northern Fleet frigate test-fires hypersonic missile
In a statement on Friday, the Minister said that the Admiral Gorshkov frigate successfully fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the White Sea, hitting a naval target over 350 km away located at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region
'Foreign sanctions on Iran expected to continue for 4-5 years'
"It is completely clear that, whether (US President-elect Joe) Biden is ratified or (US President Donald) Trump can reverse the situation at the US Supreme Court, the sanctions will continue for another four or five years," Xinhua news agency quoted Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, as saying on Friday.
Achieve $100bn climate finance goal for developing nations: Report
Since economic distress is now acute, and the climate crisis is only getting worse, the report emphasizes surpassing $100 billion in 2021 and beyond. It also stresses the sum as a starting point for significantly ramping up climate finance from all sources.
UN Chief calls for multi-lateralism, reformed global governance
"The Covid-19 pandemic provides overwhelming evidence that we need more and more effective multi-lateralism, with vision, ambition and impact. We cannot respond to this crisis by going back to what was or withdrawing into national shells. We need more international cooperation and stronger international institutions" ,he said.
US allows emergency use of Pfizer vaccine
Initial doses are limited and the US has already passed up a chance to book millions of additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine for the early part of 2021.Whatever is available now will go first into the arms of frontline healthcare workers and nursing home residents.
US FDA ready to aurthorise roll-out of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use
On Thursday, after nine hours of non-stop debate, a high powered US vaccine advisory panel endorsed mass use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, putting the final sign-off in FDA's court. The FDA does not need to follow the panel's recommendation but it usually does.
Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden says his tax affairs under probe
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Hunter Biden said he learned "for the first time" a day earlier that the US Attorney's Office in Delaware advised his legal counsel that they were investigating his tax affairs
Australian Covid-19 vaccine program scrapped over false positive HIV test results
Relevant parties announced that despite eliciting an effective virus response and strong safety profile, a deal for the Australian government to purchase over 50 million doses of the vaccine had been cancelled. UQ and CSL stressed there was no possibility the vaccine causes HIV infection and that 216 people involved in the trial experienced no serious adverse health effects.
EU unveils contingency plan for 'no deal' Brexit
The set of contingency measures were designed to prepare for all eventualities, including not having a deal in place with the UK on January 1, 2021. The main purpose of the plan is to ensure basic reciprocal air and road connectivity between the two sides, as well as allowing for the possibility of reciprocal fishing access by EU and UK vessels to each other's waters.
Chinese foreign ministry Hua Chunying: Common efforts needed to maintain good ties with India
“Beijing is committed to resolving the border standoff through dialogue but was also determined to safeguard its
territorial sovereignty”, she added.
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