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Covid virus will stay with us for next 10 years: BioNTech CEO
BioNTech's vaccine, developed with the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, has been authorised for use in more than 45 countries, including Britain and the US. Sahin also said that the vaccine can be adjusted for the new UK variant in about six weeks.
Christmas Day terror explosion with weird message hits US city
As of Friday night, officials did not announce any arrest or give a likely motive behind the explosion of the recreational vehicle (RV), or motor home, that damaged several buildings and interrupted telecommunications leading to the temporary shutdown of the local airport's operations.
Stimulus package up in air as Republicans reject Trump's demand
Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Thursday blocked an attempt from House Democrats to raise the bill's $600 direct payment checks to $2,000, a figure demanded by Trump, reports Xinhua news agency.
Israeli midnight strikes in Syria kill 6 fighters
The Israeli missile strike on Friday targeted the defence factories where a scientific research centre is located in the city of Masyaf in Hama province, Xinhua news agency quoted the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as saying in a statement.
10 UK returnees in Karnataka test Covid positive
"According to information I possess, 10 people tested positive, all their samples have been sent to NIMHANS, two to three days are required for genetic sequencing... once that report is out, we will get to know whether it is the second strain, and accordingly we will follow necessary procedures for treatment," he said in response to a question at a press meet.
Russia thwarts bomb attack in city of Tambov
Explosives and other components used in the making of an improvised explosive device as well as instructions for its assembly were seized from the suspect's rented apartment, the FSB said in a statement on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
UK-EU divorce overshadowed by coronavirus
While many Britons hailed the historic deal, some were less enthusiastic about it, worrying that any form of Brexit, combining with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, will make things quite different here in 2021, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
With eye on China, Japan invites German warship for naval drill
German state-owned broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported that in talks between Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi and his German counterpart, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Kishi hoped that a German warship would hold joint exercises with Japan's Self-Defense Forces in 2021.
UN redeploys peacekeepers from S.Sudan to CAR before polls
The Security Council on Wednesday approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' proposal for the temporary redeployment, for a two-month period, of two infantry companies and two military utility helicopters from the UN Mission in South Sudan to assist the UN peacekeeping mission in the CAR, Xinhua news agency quoted spokesman Stephane Dujarric as saying on Thursday.
Boko Haram kills 7 in Christmas Eve attack in Kano, Nigeria
"The terrorists killed seven people, burnt 10 homes and looted food supplies that were meant to be distributed to residents to celebrate Christmas”, said Abwaku Kabu a militia leader.
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