China Moves To Eliminate Hong Kong Opposition
China moved Friday to grant itself veto powers over selecting Hong Kong’s lawmakers, part of a campaign to eliminate dissent and ensure a “patriotic” government in the city following huge … Read More
Serum’s Adar Poonawalla Warns Of Delays As US Prioritizes Pfizer
Adar Poonawalla is the chief executive officer of the Serum Institute of India Ltd.The head of the world’s biggest vaccine maker and the World Health Organisation’s chief scientist said manufacturers … Read More
‘Everything will be OK’: Slain Myanmar teen’s T-shirt slogan spurs defiance
Everything will be OK,” read 19-year-old Angel’s T-shirt as the dancer and taekwondo champion joined anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Wednesday (March 3). But she had known it might not … Read More
Ethiopia: UN officials allege war crimes in Tigray
Senior UN leaders on Thursday called on Eritrea to take out its troops from the Tigray region in Ethiopia and also alleged that atrocities were being committed in the region … Read More
The European Union began blocking exports of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine
EU countries now recognise that the vaccine is vital to ramping up the slow pace of their vaccine programmes – which lag far behind those in Britain, the US, Serbia and Israel – … Read More
Andrew Cuomo accuser rejects his public apology in TV interview
The second of three women who have accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct rejected his public apology on Thursday, a response likely to ratchet up pressure on … Read More
Senate delays debate on Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill while it is read aloud
The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to take up President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, but put off the start of a contentious debate until the full text … Read More
Powerful earthquakes in modern history trigger tsunami warning in New Zealand; thousands evacuate
One of the biggest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history forced thousands of people in New Zealand to evacuate and triggered tsunami warnings across the world Friday, … Read More
Kamala Harris breaks Senate tie to begin Covid relief package debate – as it happened
Kamala Harris broke a Senate tie to begin debate on the coronavirus relief package. After the Senate deadlocked on whether to take up the package, the vice-president was forced to cast … Read More
New Zealand faces tremor footage emerges , Questions tsunami evacuation system
A fourth major earthquake has rocked New Zealand this morning as shocking footage emerges of a huge wave surge hitting the North Island’s coast. A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off … Read More