WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to invest billions of dollars in expanding COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity and make available an additional one billion doses per year, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said on Wednesday. Activists have pressured President Joe Biden’s administration to increase vaccine supply to poorer countries. Zients said the government […]
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A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted waters off the coast of Yancheng City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, at 1:54 p.m. Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter was monitored at 33.50 degrees north latitude and 121.19 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 17 km, the CENC said.A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has jolted China’s […]
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The Indian government has finally announced to reopen the Kartarpur Corridor on November 17 following the widespread demand from Sikhs as they get ready to celebrate Baba Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary.Sikh members of Indian Parliament from the BJP had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open the Kartarpur Corridor, according to the Indian media.A delegation […]
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LOS ANGELES: An apparent drive-by shooting Monday near a Colorado high school left six teenagers in hospital, police said, as the spectre of gun violence raised its head again in the United States.Witnesses spoke of around 30 shots being fired, and police said they had recovered multiple rounds of different calibres at a park in […]
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A recent Huthi rebel advance near Yemen’s lifeline port of Hodeida has displaced more than 6,000 people, the United Nations has said.The insurgents on Friday took control of a large area south of Hodeida, a key port where the warring sides agreed a ceasefire in 2018, after loyalist forces withdrew.”Some 700 families (approximately 4,900 people) […]
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LONDON: The Indian government’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has protested with the British government over Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) holding major Khalistan Referendum events across the United Kingdom, attracting huge Sikh participation.Indian media reported that India’s NSA Ajit Doval has made it clear to his UK counterpart Stephen Lovegrove that the Modi government […]
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Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed will visit Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Monday to participate in Diwali celebrations and express solidarity with the members of the Hindu community. The chief justice will be the chief guest at the Diwali function to be held at Teri temple in Karak. It is the same temple that was vandalized and […]
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Worldwide cases due to COVID-19 were approaching 250 million on Sunday as the surge from the Delta variant eases and more normal trade and tourism resume, although some countries in eastern Europe are experiencing record outbreaks. Over the last three months, the daily average number of cases has fallen by 36%, according to a Reuters […]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US State Department approved its first major arms sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under US President Joe Biden with the sale of 280 air-to-air missiles valued at up to $650 million, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon notified Congress of the sale on Thursday. If approved, the deal would be […]
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LONDON: Britain on Thursday approved the use of Merck’s antiviral pill to treat patients suffering from mild to moderate COVID-19, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced. “Today is a historic day for our country, as the UK is now the first country in the world to approve an antiviral that can be […]
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