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New Zealands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern moves a motion in the Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, to declare a climate emergency, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Joining more than 30 other countries around the world, New Zealand took the symbolic step of declaring a climate emergency. (AP)

New Zealand declares climate emergency, promises carbon neutral...

New Zealand joins 32 other countries including Japan, Canada, France and Britain that have declared a climate emergency

2 Dec 2020 11:47 AM IST

US firm Moderna said it would file requests for emergency authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine in the United States and Europe on November 30, 2020, after full results confirmed a high efficacy estimated at 94.1 percent. (AFP)

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine shows 100% success against severe...

Moderna Inc will apply for U.S. and European emergency authorization for the vaccine

30 Nov 2020 11:37 PM IST

The United States plans to distribute 6.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the first week after it is cleared for emergency use. (Representational Image:AFP)

US to distribute 6.4 million Covid vaccine doses in first tranche

The figure includes another vaccine developed by Moderna and the NIH, which announced some preliminary efficacy results...

25 Nov 2020 10:19 AM IST

An employee of the vaccine production company IDT Biologika shows an Ampoule during the visit by German health minister Spahn in Dessau, eastern Germany on November 23, 2020 as the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine continues. (AFP)

Germany may start COVID-19 vaccine programme in December: Health...

Germany has secured more than 300 million vaccine doses via the European Commission, bilateral contracts and options

23 Nov 2020 9:51 PM IST

Workers at the Judiciary Square Covid-19 testing site get information from people waiting in a line in Washington. (AFP)

US hits 12 million virus cases as many Americans defy Thanksgiving...

The COVID-19 epidemic has claimed more than 255,000 lives in the United States - more than in any other nation

23 Nov 2020 12:13 PM IST

Scientists work with a bioreactor at a company facility in New York state, for efforts on an experimental coronavirus antibody drug. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 authorized the use of the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. drug to try to prevent patients with mild-to-moderate disease from worsening and needing hospitalization. Its given as a one-time treatment through an IV and is still going through more testing to establish its safety and effectiveness. (Regeneron via AP)

FDA allows emergency use of antibody drug Trump received

The FDA allowed its use in adults and children 12 and over who weigh at least 40 kilograms and who are at high risk of...

22 Nov 2020 11:26 PM IST

Donald Trump Jr. speaks during the first day of the Republican convention at the Mellon auditorium in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Donald Trump Jr tests positive for COVID-19

Trump Jr is the latest in the First Family to have been tested positive for coronavirus

21 Nov 2020 9:47 AM IST

Medical staff attending to patients with COVID-19 wear protective equipment in a unit dedicated to treatment of the coronavirus at UW Health in Madison, Wis. Conditions inside the nations hospitals are deteriorating by the day as the coronavirus rages through the country at an unrelenting pace. (AP)

US hospitals overwhelmed as COVID-19 deaths top 250,000 in the country

The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 in the U.S. has doubled in the past month and set new records every...

19 Nov 2020 2:55 PM IST

Chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) General Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra on November 19, 2020. (AFP)

Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan:...

Australia launched the inquiry in 2016, amid reports from whistle-blowers and in the local media of the alleged killing...

19 Nov 2020 1:38 PM IST

Without practicing social distancing, people queue for social grant payments at a post office in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge. (AP)

African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

African health officials also worry that the continent will suffer as richer countries buy up supplies

19 Nov 2020 1:25 PM IST

Police officers stop motorcyclists from entering a restricted area that is sealed off to control the spread of the coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP)

UAE suspends issuance of visiting visas to Pakistan, 11 other...

Infections has been rising in Pakistan and authorities have declared that the country was witnessing the second wave of...

19 Nov 2020 1:09 PM IST

An illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached, and syringes, with a flag of the European Union, on November 17, 2020. (AFP)

Poorer and developing nations face vaccine wait as West locks down...

Based on advance purchase agreements signed with Pfizer, it is calculated that 1.1 billion doses had been snapped up by...

18 Nov 2020 11:13 AM IST