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Covax issues distribution list for first vaccine wave
People line up to be administered Covid-19 vaccine at the Sion Municipal Hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday. (AP pic)GENEVA: The Covax programme to ensure equitable worldwide access to Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday published its first distribution list, with enough doses for countries to immunise more than 3% of their populations by mid-2021. The...
Ukraine bans pro-Moscow TV channels in ‘propaganda’ fight
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the three television channels receive funding ‘from Russia’. (AFP pic)KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has banned three pro-Russian television channels in a move the presidency said was aimed at staving off Kremlin propaganda. Kiev says it has become a regular target of Russian...
Russia ramps up pressure as Navalny allies push for fresh protests
Russian soldiers guard the Palace Square in St Petersburg on Saturday. (AP pic)MOSCOW: Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny prepared for a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations on Sunday despite authorities ramping up pressure on the opposition with arrests and criminal probes. Navalny aides have called for the new nationwide...
Biden signals tougher stance against Russia in first call to Putin
Biden (left) and Putin reportedly ‘expressed satisfaction’ over the talks. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden signalled a tougher US stance on Russia Tuesday in his first phone call with President Vladimir Putin, raising concerns over human rights and “aggression” against Ukraine, but welcoming cooperation on a new nuclear weapons...
With impeachment article sent to Senate, Trump’s trial is set in motion
House impeachment managers transmit the impeachment article in the Senate chamber in Washington on Monday. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives presented a single article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday accusing Donald Trump of inciting the storming of the Capitol, setting in motion the first-ever impeachment trial of a...
In Senate deal, Trump impeachment trial put off until early February
The charge stems from Trump’s incendiary speech to supporters before they stormed the Capitol on Jan 6. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The leaders of the US Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more time to focus on President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda...
Pfizer-BioNTech agree to supply Covid vaccine scheme co-led by WHO
LONDON: Pfizer and BioNTech have agreed to supply their Covid-19 vaccine to the World Health Organization co-led Covax vaccine access scheme, two sources familiar with the deal said, the latest in a series of shots to be included in the project aimed at lower-income countries. The deal is expected to be announced on Friday, according to the...
Russia says better ties with US up to Biden
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Wednesday that any improvement in Moscow’s tense relationship with Washington would depend on Joe Biden when he enters the White House. The US recently blamed Kremlin-backed hackers for a massive cyber attack that breached government institutions, adding to a long list of grievances plaguing ties between the former...
Meet the Bidens: America’s new ‘first family’
Joe Biden arrives with wife Jill Biden to speak to supporters in Wilmington, Delaware on Nov 4. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill will become the new White House residents when he takes office on Wednesday. Biden has made his family a major focus throughout his career, and his 2020 presidential campaign thrust them...
Biden eyes ex-Obama staff, veterans for State posts
Biden wants to return to the accord under which Iran drastically slashed its nuclear program in exchange for promises of sanctions relief. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: The lead US negotiator of the Iran nuclear accord and a battle-tested hawk on Russia were named Saturday to top posts in President-elect Joe Biden’s State Department, signaling a...
