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UN Chief call for global solidarity, int’l cooperation to tackle Covid-19
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for global solidarity and greater international cooperation, and it must be turned into an opportunity for fundamental change.
US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic
The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly.
Demoralised health workers struggle as virus numbers surge
Doctors and nurses around the U.S. are becoming exhausted and demoralized as they struggle to cope with a record-breaking surge of COVID-19 patients that is overwhelming hospitals and prompting governors to clamp back down to contain the virus.
Biden taps Rice as domestic policy adviser, McDonough for VA
President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, giving her broad sway over his administration’s approach to immigration, health care and racial inequality and elevating the prominence of the position in the West Wing.
What’s in store when the Electoral College meets
Voters cast their ballots for president more than a month ago, but the votes that officially matter will be cast Monday. That’s when the Electoral College meets.
Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France’s coast
Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France’s northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in their lines and fear that battles over fishing rights will soon erupt.
‘Ceasefire violations’ along LoC: Pakistan summons Indian diplomat
Pakistan on Friday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to register a formal protest over “ceasefire violations” that left a civilian injured along the Line of Control (LoC).
‘Such is life’: In virus wards, death is a foe but a fact
During their daily morning round of the intensive care unit, hospital staffers and medical students pause outside room No. 10, abruptly emptied of the patient who lost his nearly month-long battle against COVID-19 the previous evening.
India vaccine maker sees virus as wake-up call
The coronavirus pandemic is a “wake up call” for governments to invest more in health care, says Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines.
GSK, Sanofi say COVID-19 shot won’t be ready until late 2021
Drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi said Friday that their potential COVID-19 vaccine won’t be ready until late next year because they need to improve the shot’s effectiveness in older people.