LONDON: The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca Plc produces a robust immune response in elderly people, the group at highest risk, the Financial Times said today, citing early results. The vaccine triggers protective antibodies and T-cells in older age groups, the FT said, citing […]
Day: October 26, 2020
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in New Delhi today, kicking off a four-country Asia tour that he has said will focus on the “threats” posed by China. Joined by Defense Secretary Mark Esper for the two-day visit, Pompeo will hold top-level talks following a spike in […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has summoned France’s ambassador in Islamabad, the foreign office said on Monday, a day after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said French President Emmanuel Macron had “attacked Islam”. The foreign office spokesman confirmed to Reuters that the French ambassador had been summoned and shared a statement from his […]
LONDON: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said today that a vaccine to tackle Covid-19 was “not there yet” but the government was getting ready to roll out it, with a central expectation for the first half of 2021. “On my central expectation, I would expect the bulk of the roll […]
SINGAPORE: More than 2,100 job, attachment and training opportunities in the logistics sector were made available under the SGUnited jobs and skills programme between April and September, with the majority of them in non-professional roles, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in its latest jobs situation report on Monday (Oct […]
A man runs along a waterway after lockdown restrictions were imposed in response to the Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne, Australia July 10, 2020. SYDNEY: The Australian state of Victoria, the epicentre of Covid-19 infections, said today it had gone 48 hours without detecting any new cases for the first […]
ZURICH: Coronavirus infections rose by 17,440 over the weekend, data from Swiss health authorities showed today, as the government considers tightening restrictions meant to slow the accelerating spread of Covid-19. The total confirmed cases in Switzerland and tiny neighbouring principality Liechtenstein rose to 121,093, and the death toll jumped by […]
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday (Oct 27) that he prefers a government-to-government deal for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent the risk of corruption, adding that Manila would not beg other nations for access to vaccines. The Philippines, with its more than 108 million people and […]
WASHINGTON: The Republican-controlled US Senate handed President Donald Trump a major pre-election political victory yesterday by confirming his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, with the White House planning a celebratory event afterward. The Senate voted 52-48, with Democrats unified in opposing Barrett’s confirmation, which creates a 6-3 conservative majority […]
ROME: Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi said yesterday organised crime groups planned to kill her and her family because she was taking them on in parts of the Italian capital where they hold sway. Raggi became the Eternal City’s first-ever woman mayor when she was elected in 2016 in a major […]