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Russia denies Microsoft’s claims of cyberattacks on vaccine facilities
An employee works with a coronavirus vaccine in Moscow. (AP pic)MOSCOW: Moscow on Tuesday vehemently rejected claims by Microsoft that Russia was behind cyberattacks on companies researching coronavirus vaccines and treatments, saying it was being made a scapegoat. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state news agency RIA Novosti...
Virus curbs tighten in Europe as global deaths top 1.3 million
A nurse holds hands with a Covid-19 patient at Casal Palocco hospital in Rome last month. (AP pic)VIENNA: A swathe of new restrictions to curtail a second wave of coronavirus infections were announced or came into force from Austria to Greece, Italy to Portugal on Saturday as the global death toll climbed above 1.3 million. More than 53 million...
EU sees vaccinations within months as cases top 1 million in Italy
Relatives hug each other through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting Covid-19, at a nursing home in Italy on Nov 11. (AP pic)STOCKHOLM: The European Union expressed hope Wednesday that it could start vaccinating people against the novel coronavirus as early as next year, as Italy recorded more than one million cases and Britain said its...
Global leaders congratulate Biden on ‘historic’ win
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks on Friday in Wilmington. (AP pic)FRANCE: Congratulations poured in for US president-elect Joe Biden from around the world, with Washington’s allies, particularly in Europe, seeing his win as a chance at a fresh start after the antagonistic years under Donald Trump. As crowds rushed into the streets of...
MH17 crash suspect ‘saw no sign of missile’
Flight MH17 was shot down over territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. (Reuters pic)THE HAGUE: A Russian suspect in the crash of flight MH17 saw no sign of the missile allegedly used to shoot down the plane, he said in a video played Tuesday at his trial. Oleg Pulatov is one of...
MH17 crash suspect ‘saw no sign of missile’
Flight MH17 was shot down over territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. (Reuters pic)THE HAGUE: A Russian suspect in the crash of flight MH17 saw no sign of the missile allegedly used to shoot down the plane, he said in a video played Tuesday at his trial. Oleg Pulatov is one of...
Belarusian strike comes into force after president refuses to quit
Belarusian riot police stand guard on top of a security barricade during an opposition rally in Minsk yesterday. (AP pic)MOSCOW: Factory workers chanted slogans, students staged a sit-in and police began detentions on Monday as Belarusians answered an opposition call for a national strike to force President Alexander Lukashenko to quit, local...
Azerbaijan slams Russian involvement amid new Karabakh fighting
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev says third parties should not interfere militarily in the conflict. (AP pic)BAKU: New fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces on Sunday over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides blamed each other for blocking a peaceful settlement to the conflict. Armenia accused Azeri...
Iran promises to reveal ‘detailed’ data on plane investigation
Debris is seen from a Ukrainian plane which crashed as authorities work at the scene in Shahedshahr in January. (AP pic)KIEV: Ukraine said on Wednesday that Iran promised to reveal “detailed” information on the probe into a Kiev-bound passenger plane mistakenly shot down in January, after a fresh round of talks in Tehran. Ukraine International...
Tax records reveal Trump’s unknown Chinese business ventures
Trump has portrayed China as the greatest threat to the US and global democracy under his ‘America First’ banner. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Donald Trump spent years cultivating business projects in China, where he maintained a previously unknown bank account, The New York Times reported Tuesday, as the US president attempts to portray election...
