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Turkish social media account posts US genocide history
In a timeline format, the summary posted on Wednesday listed out more than 20 events and descriptions about the genocide history, the Xinhua news agency reported. In the US genocide against Native Americans, "70 million Native Americans were slaughtered in their own land," it said.
WHO adds Moderna vaccine to emergency use list
In December 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorisation for the Moderna vaccine, while the European Medicines Agency granted it a marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union in January this year.
US CDC estimates 1 in 3 Americans infected with Covid
CDC estimates that from February 2020 to March 2021, 114.6 million Americans were infected with Covid-19, 97.1 million had symptomatic illnesses and 5.6 million were hospitalised with Covid-19, the Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
Former acting secretary of state appointed to head US embassy in New Delhi
A former acting secretary of state, Daniel Smith, has been appointed as the head of US embassy in New Delhi, which has been without an Ambassador after Kenneth Juster left the post in January, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. Smith will hold the post of charge d'affaires ad interim – or temporarily – till an Ambassador is appointed, Price announced on Friday.
Israel bans travel to 7 countries including India
The Israeli government on Friday decided to ban travel of Israeli citizens to seven countries over high Covid-19 morbidity and fear of the spread of variants of the virus, according to a joint statement issued by Prime Minister's Office and Health Ministry. The seven are Ukraine, Ethiopia, Brazil, South Africa, India, Mexico and Turkey, the Xinhua news agency reported.
India added to Ireland's mandatory quarantine list
The five countries are India, Iran, Mongolia, Georgia and Costa Rica. India's federal health ministry said on Friday morning that 386,452 new cases and 3,498 related deaths were registered in the past 24 hours across the country, the Xinhua news agency reported. Starting from 4 a.m. on May 4, people traveling from or transiting through these five countries will have to complete a 14-day mandatory quarantine
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 150.9mn
In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 150,972,476 and 3,176,054, respectively. The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 32,345,038 and 575,921, respectively, according to the CSSE.
US to adopt 'practical approach' to N.Korea: White House
The US will explore diplomacy with North Korea and adopt a "practical approach," the White House said on Friday. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One that the Biden administration had completed its policy review on North Korea, Xinhua news agency reported.
World leaders commit to ambitious Antarctic protection
The Ministerial Joint Declaration on April 28 called on all CCAMLR Members to act as soon as possible to conserve the Southern Ocean's unique biodiversity and ecosystems for present and future generations. ASOC, a group of conservation organisations, also welcomed the announcements from the US and New Zealand to join the EU, Australia, Norway, the UK and Uruguay in co-sponsoring two of the MPA proposals, the Weddell Sea and East Antarctica.
Russia begins production of world's first Covid vax for animals
Russia's agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor announced on Friday that it had started mass production of the world's first Covid-19 vaccine for animals Carnivac-Cov. The first batch of 17,000 doses has been produced at Rosselkhoznadzor's subordinate institution, the Federal Centre for Animal Health, the watchdog said in a statement, Xinhua reported.
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