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  • G7 leaders promise 1 bln Covid vaccine doses for poorer nations

    Date: 2021-06-13 19:58:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:9008358

    LONDON, June 13 (MENA) - "Leaders of the major industrial nations have pledged one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries as a "big step towards vaccinating the world", UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday. At the end of the G7 ....

  • Biden: Vaccination efforts will be 'constant project for a long time'

    Date: 2021-06-13 19:35:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:9008373

    CORNWALL, June 13 (MENA) – US President Biden on Sunday acknowledged it may take beyond 2022 to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic globally, saying global vaccination efforts are going to remain a long-term project for Group of Seven (G-7) allies, ....

  • France to send 60 mln doses of Covid-19 vaccines to developing countries

    Date: 2021-06-13 18:29:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:9008383

    CORNWALL, June 13 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said France will send 60 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to developing countries by the end of the year, France24 reported. Delivering a speech at the conclusion of a G7 leaders summit ....

  • Poll shows more than 54% of Brits against lifting Covid restrictions

    Date: 2021-06-13 11:47:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:34 - ID:9007451

    LONDON, June 13 (MENA) - More than half the British public support delaying the lifting of restrictions on social contact because of the rising number of Covid-19 cases, a poll for the Observer shows. With Boris Johnson poised to announce a delay ....

  • Thailand reports18 Covid fatalities, 2,804 new cases

    Date: 2021-06-13 07:34:12 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:9007156

    BANGKOK, June 13 (MENA) - Thailand's Health authorities reported 18 new Covid-19 fatalities on Saturday and another 2,804 new transmissions, bringing the accumulated toll to 1,449 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to ....

  • Delta flight makes emergency landing after crew and passengers detain a man during an outburst

    Date: 2021-06-13 06:30:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9007109

    WASHINGTON, June 13 (MENA) - A cross-country Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing in Oklahoma City after an outburst by an unruly passenger, the third time in a week that the airline diverted a flight because of a passenger’s behavior, ....

  • Pakistan reports 1,239 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-06-13 06:06:07 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:6 - ID:9007082

    ISLAMABAD, June 13 (MENA) - As many as 1,239 people tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, GEO News reported, quoting data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The coronavirus monitoring body tweeted the statistics ....

  • India reports 80,834 new infections

    Date: 2021-06-13 05:30:46 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:9007077

    NEW DELHI, June 13 (MENA) - With 80,834 new COVID-19 cases, India reported its lowest daily case in the last 71 days, the Health Ministry reported as quoted by Times of India newspaper on Sunday. The daily positivity rate is at 4.25%, less than ....

  • US president 'breaks royal protocol' as he meets the Queen at G7

    Date: 2021-06-12 21:25:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:9006983

    LONDON, June 12 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden appeared to break royal protocol during his first meeting with the Queen at the G7 summit by arriving after her, Daily Star reported. Biden arrived at the G7 summit with First Lady Jill Biden after ....

  • G7 leaders back developing world spending plan to rival China

    Date: 2021-06-12 19:33:56 GMT - Germany - World - SN:69 - ID:9006378

    BERLIN, June 12 (MENA) – G7 leaders have backed a vast global infrastructure plan for developing and emerging countries to rival the Chinese "Belt and Road" project, Euronews reported. The move came at the initiative of US President Joe Biden, ....

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