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A doctor injects the Pfizer vaccine into a patient in London (Picture: Jed Leicester/REX) Pfizer’s Covid vaccine is likely to protect against the mutant strain of coronavirus sweeping the UK, latest lab tests have revealed. The encouraging results, using blood of participants in trials, are based on more extensive analysis than those released by the […]

US President-elect Joe Biden plans to kick off his new administration Wednesday with orders to restore the United States to the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization, aides said. Biden will sign 17 orders and actions just hours after being sworn in as US leader to break from policies of departing President Donald Trump and set […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly used his clemency authority as a political tool rather than an act of mercy, issued a final wave of pardons and commutations on his last night in office, delivering relief for a mix of beneficiaries that included former strategist Stephen Bannon, Republican Party and Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy, and […]

Navalny claimed to have uncovered an elaborate corruption scheme involving Putin’s inner circle.Sergei Bobylev / TASS Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused President Vladimir Putin of using fraudulently obtained funds to build an opulent billion-dollar estate in an investigation published Tuesday, after authorities jailed him on charges he says are politically motivated. The Praskoveyevka estate […]

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, assigned to the15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, departs after in-flight refueling while supporting Operation Octave Quartz over Somalia, Jan. 5, 2021. The U.S. launched its first airstrike Jan. 18 on al-Qaida-aligned militants in Somalia since recently withdrawing its ground forces from the country. STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command […]

The UK has suffered yet another record breaking daily death toll (Picture: Reuters/Getty/REX) The UK has suffered yet another record breaking daily death toll (Picture: Reuters/Getty/REX) Another 1,610 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, marking the highest number of daily deaths since the outbreak began. It surpasses the previous peak of 1,564 set […]

  Experts say the ingredients in the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, which was authorized  by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, looks pretty standard for a vaccine. In a letter to the FDA, Pfizer listed the ingredients in its vaccine. They can be organized into four basic categories: Active ingredient 30 […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s ballistic missile exercise in recent days caused quick and negative reactions by Israel. Israeli officials have expressed their worries over Iran’s military drills in Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean due to Iran’s capability to fire high tech and anti-ship missiles towards simulated targets. With regard to its determination to use long-range ballistic […]

Members of Djibouti Fact-Finding Mission on the Kenya-Somalia dispute at the Kenya-Somali border to gather information required to resolve the row between the two countries. PHOTO | AGGREY MUTAMBO | NMG A Djibouti-led mission to resolve accusations of territorial violations between Kenya and Somalia has concluded a fact-finding mission in both countries. Sent by Djibouti’s […]