Section: Africa&ME
Coronavirus: Italy begins testing vaccine volunteers
Testing on volunteers of an Italian candidate vaccine began in Rome on Monday at the National Infectious Diseases Institute at Spallanzani hospital.Ninety people were selected out of some 7,000 who offered to be inoculated with the vaccine, known as GRAd-COV2, in Phase One. The vaccine is produced by ReiThera, a biotech company near Rome.Half the...
Canada and victims’ families press Iran for answers over downed jetliner
Canada and families of the victims of a downed Ukrainian jetliner are pressing Iran for additional answers after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided “limited and selected information.” The announcement by the head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation marked the first official report on the contents of the cockpit voice and data...
After Iran releases analysis, Canada presses for answers on downed Ukrainian airplane
Canada is pressing Iran for additional answers over the downing in January of a Ukrainian jetliner, after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided “limited and selected information.”Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has said it :Downed Ukraine plane victims’ families reject Iran’s black box reportN. Korea’s Kim Jong Un may be...
Top health official: Hasidic pilgrimage to Uman poses ‘serious danger’
Head of Public Health Dr. Sharon Alroy says flights to Ukraine threaten rate of infection in Israel, says Health Ministry mulling restrictions for spate of Jewish High Holidays next month, expresses concern of impact on over-65s …read more Source:: Yedioth...
Downed Ukraine plane victims’ families reject Iran’s black box report
An association representing the relatives of the victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane downed by the Iranian military in January has rejected Tehran’s report on the contents of the plane’s black boxes, describing it as a display of “obscurantism.” Iran on Sunday :Black boxes of Ukraine plane shot down in Iran arrive in...
2 missiles had hit Ukraine plane with 25 seconds gap
Iran says black boxes from downed plane show missiles hit 25 seconds apart …read more Source:: Khaleej...
Ex-Ukraine PM in serious condition with coronavirus: Live news
Spokeswoman for former prime minister’s party says 59-year-old’s condition is serious, with high fever. …read more Source:: AL...
US official will travel to Russia, Lithuania amid Belarus crisis
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will travel to Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine on August 24-27 to meet senior government leaders to discuss regional issues, the State Department said in a statement on Sunday.Reuters reported exclusively on Friday that Biegun would travel to the region for talks on Belarus, sources said, as Washington...
Ukraine to explore new vistas of cooperation with UAE: Envoy
A UAE humanitarian relief plane carrying 11 metric tonnes of medical supplies was also dispatched to Ukraine. …read more Source:: Khaleej...
Iran retrieves data, cockpit talk from downed Ukraine plane
Iranian official says black boxes acquired from the jet show two separate missiles hit it 25 seconds apart. …read more Source:: AL...
