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AstraZeneca to trial Covid vaccine combination with Russian shot

Britain's AstraZeneca will start clinical trials combining its own vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine candidate by the end of the year, the head of Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LsX4NR

Pakistan PM Imran Khan reshuffles Cabinet on court's directive

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US medical experts recommend emergency authorisation of Pfizer Covid vaccine

After an eight-hour public hearing on Thursday, the food and drug administration's (FDA) vaccines and related biological products advisory committee (VRBPAC) voted 17 to 4 with 1 abstention to recommend the vaccine developed by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech to combat the disease. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3nmewSp

No-trade deal Brexit now more likely than a deal: EU chief

Britain is now more likely to leave the European Union's orbit on December 31 without a trade deal than with an agreement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the bloc's 27 national leaders on Friday, an EU official said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gNVQsh

Indian-American in Time's 'Heroes of 2020' for giving shelter to 70 George Floyd protesters

In the 'Heroes of 2020', the publication also named Australia's volunteer firefighters who risked everything to keep their country safe, food-stall owners Jason Chua and Hung Zhen Long in Singapore who wouldn't let anyone go hungry during the Covid-19 pandemic, Pastor Reshorna Fitzpatrick and her husband Bishop Derrick Fitzpatrick of Chicago, who transformed their church to support their community during the trying year. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/2IEkMWr

Sanofi/GSK announce delay in Covid-19 vaccine project

An experimental Covid -19 vaccine developed by Sanofi and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline showed an insufficient immune response in clinical trial results, the French drugmaker said on Friday, a blow to efforts to fight the pandemic. ​​The two companies said they planned to launch another study next year, hoping to come up with a more effective vaccine by the end of 2021. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/343AqCa

Australia halts vaccine development due to false HIV cases

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under security law

Lai, who founded the Apple Daily tabloid, was charged on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security, local broadcaster TVB reported Friday. He is the most high-profile person to be charged under the law since it was implemented in June. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Lgc7dx

Hong Kong teen found guilty in China flag insult case

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Mystery metal monolith pops up, this time in Poland

A mysterious metal monolith has popped up on a riverbank in the Polish capital Warsaw, the latest in a string of similar objects that have recently appeared in Europe and the US. ​​Joggers noticed the triangular pillar during their morning run along the Vistula river, according to local media reports. It stands some three metres (10 feet) tall, has a dull silver-coloured surface, is held together by screws and is planted in the sand of the riverbank near a major bridge. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JLenJH

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris named Time 'Person of the Year'

US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year," the publication announced Thursday. ​​The Democratic pair were chosen ahead of three other finalists: frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who Biden defeated in November's election. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3adsxhx

‘Numb’ and ‘heartbroke,’ the US confronts record coronavirus deaths

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‘Numb’ and ‘heartbroke,’ the US confronts record Covid deaths

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World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020

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'30k doses of Pfizer vaccine to arrive in Canada in few days'

The first 30,000 doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine are due to arrive in Canada in a matter of days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters. "The first 30,000 doses are expected to arrive on Canadian soil in just a few days," Trudeau said on Thursday, a day after health regulators approved the country's first vaccine against the novel coronavirus, granting emergency authorization to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine candidate. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3m7sUwf

US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer vaccine

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US on cusp of Covid vaccine as deaths hit 3,253 in a day

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US on cusp of Covid vaccine as deaths hit 3,253 in a day

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US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

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