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  • British health secretary: UK to roll out coronavirus vaccine before Christmas

    Date: 2020-11-16 17:58:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:63 - ID:8674879

    LONDON, Nov 16 (MENA) - British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday the government is 'working very closely' with Pfizer to roll out the drug giant's breakthrough Covid vaccine from the start of December. The health secretary said the UK ....

  • 4 to go on trial in France over planning terrorist attack

    Date: 2020-11-16 16:20:36 GMT - France - World - SN:54 - ID:8674745

    PARIS, Nov 16 (MENA) - Four persons have gone on trial in France over a terrorist plot on a high-speed train in 2015. French authorities accused Ayoub El-Khazzani of opening fire on three Americans on board a train travelling from Amsterdam to ....

  • 100-km bomb found in central Vienna

    Date: 2020-11-16 13:40:03 GMT - Austria - World - SN:40 - ID:8674364

    VIENNA, Nov 16 (MENA) - Sappers of the Austrian Armed Forces on Monday found a 100-km bomb in the central Vienna district of Leopoldstadt. The scene has been evacuated and cordoned off to defuse the bomb, according to security ....

  • Europe is ready for Biden to get started - paper

    Date: 2020-11-16 12:28:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:8674303

    WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (MENA) - President Trump and his supporters don’t seem to think it’s over. Over the weekend, thousands marched in Washington protesting the election result, the Washington Post said on Monday. On Twitter, Trump vowed to not ....

  • Russian transport minister self-isolates after positive coronavirus test

    Date: 2020-11-16 09:26:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:8673874

    MOSCOW, Nov 16 (MENA) - Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev is self-isolated after a positive test for coronavirus and First Deputy Transport Minister Alexander Neradko, the head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, will stand in for ....

  • US reports more than 133,000 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-16 09:05:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8673872

    WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (MENA) - The United States reported 133,045 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the 13th consecutive day it has recorded more than 100,000 new infections, CNN quoted data from Johns Hopkins University. An additional 616 ....

  • South Australia goes on high alert after first Covid 19 outbreak in months

    Date: 2020-11-16 07:26:25 GMT - Australia - World - SN:12 - ID:8673794

    SYDNEY, Nov 16 (MENA) - South Australian authorities say they are facing a "dangerous situation" after reporting 17 coronavirus cases in the state's first outbreak since April, the BBC reported Monday. The cluster is thought to have spread from a ....

  • China reports 8 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-16 07:09:06 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8673713

    BEIJING, Nov 16 (MENA) - China reported eight new COVID-19 cases on November 15, down from 13 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Monday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that all new cases were imported ....

  • S.Korea reports 223 more COVID-19 cases, 28,769 in total

    Date: 2020-11-16 06:01:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8673698

    SEOUL, Nov 16 (MENA) - South Korea reported 223 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Monday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 28,769. The daily caseload hovered above 200 for three straight days, ....

  • Vaccine impact to be felt by summer with ‘normal’ life back by winter: Pfizer jab creator

    Date: 2020-11-15 21:51:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:8673629

    LONDON, Nov 15 (MENA) - A global mass-vaccination roll-out could help return the world to normality by next winter, one of the scientists behind Pfizer-BioNTech’s promising COVID-19 vaccine said on Sunday. Companies were aiming to distribute 300 ....

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