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17 missing after Russian fishing boat sinks in Arctic
The fishing boat, Onega, sank near the Novoya Zemlya archipelago with 19 people on board, Xinhua news agency quoted the local media reports citing the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations as saying.
Despotic Erdogan regime curbs free speech, talks reforms in Turkey
The channel's executive editor Suleyman Sarilar, who was joined in on the news set by dozens of staffers during his farewell speech, said the network's joint-owner Cavit Caglar, a former state minister, was "under great pressure by the government" as the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan-led regime was disturbed by the pro-Kurdish coverage.
‘Incompetent’ Imran Khan ‘imposed’ on Pakistan: Maryam Nawaz
Beginning her speech in Sindhi, she said, "In 2008, when there was talk of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government being toppled, Nawaz Sharif quashed such thinking and said that the coming and going of governments is a decision for the people to make, not political parties."
Vladimir Putin set to receive the Sputnik V vaccine, Kremlin announces
Putin had stated earlier that the Russian vaccine was effective and safe and he saw no reason not to be vaccinated while also adding that he was waiting for the vaccine to be made available.
2000 year old snacks shop with traces of food discovered in Pompeii
A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular travellers destinations in Italy, the ruins of Pompeii were not discovered until the 16th century and organised excavations began about 1750.
Iran expands list of US suspects in Soleimani's killing
The number of the main accused in the assassination of Soleimani has increased from 45 to 48," Xinhua news agency quoted Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign advisor to the parliament speaker, as saying on Sunday.
China punishes Wuhan whistleblower with four year jail term
Zhan’s reporting had caught the attention of authorities after her essays and stories were widely shared on social media platforms in February. Zhang who has been in custody since May was convicted for allegedly "picking quarrels and provoking trouble” in the course of her reporting the initially days of the pandemic outbreak.
Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Covishield to protect 95% people: AstraZeneca CEO
Soriot, however, has not released any data to prove his claims. The phase-3 trials showed a 70% efficacy rate on the average of two dosing regimens, states the interim results released last month. One of the regimens of Covidsheild in which a half dose was followed by a full dose, showed a 90 per cent efficacy rate. Meanwhile, Pfizer's data has shown a 95 per cent efficacy rate and Moderna's is at 94.5 per cent.
US sees more Covid-19 deaths in December than before
"December is already the deadliest month since the beginning of the pandemic in the United States," said a weekly report of the tracking project, Xinhua news agency reported.
Covid-19 Update: Global cases reach 80.7 million mark
In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 80,751,164 and 1,764,215, respectively. The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 19,129,368 and 333,110, respectively, according to the CSSE.
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