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18:35 16/02/2021Kent variant of coronavirus may be 70 percent more deadly, UK study showsThe highly infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that is predominant in the United Kingdom may be up to 70 percent more deadly than previous strains, according to a report by the government’s...
16:50 16/02/2021Nearly 175,000 die from coronavirus in MexicoThe death toll from coronavirus in Mexico since late February 2020 has reached 174,657, TASS reported on Tuesday, citing Mexican Health Ministry’s Director of Epidemiology Jose Luis Alomia.
11:38 16/02/2021UNICEF signs supply agreement for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccineUNICEF announced today the signing of an agreement with Pfizer on behalf of the COVAX Facility for the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine through 2021, the organisation said in a...
10:15 16/02/2021Japan to send nearly $5 mln in aid to Armenia and AzerbaijanJapan’s government has decided to provide humanitarian assistance worth $4.8 mln to Armenia and Azerbaijan for reconstruction after the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, the Japanese Foreign Ministry...
20:26 15/02/2021WHO scientists traced 13 COVID-19 strains to Wuhan from late 2019Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously...
16:57 15/02/2021Georgia reports 357 new cases of coronavirusGeorgia has reported 357 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting 7,172 PCR tests and 12,173 rapid tests, according to Agenda.ge report.
14:51 15/02/2021Meghan and Prince Harry expecting second childThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their second child, BBC News reports, citing a spokesperson for the couple.
14:05 15/02/2021Russia will never turn its back on Donbass, Putin saysRussian President Vladimir Putin assured that Russia will never turn its back on eastern Ukraine’s predominantly Russian-speaking region of Donbass, TASS reported.
12:42 15/02/2021Guinea officially declares new Ebola outbreakThe government of Guinea officially declared a new outbreak of Ebola on Sunday, Deutsche Welle reported.
11:24 15/02/2021San Francisco's oldest resident, Lucy Mirigian, dies at 114Armenian-American Lucy Mirigian, the oldest resident of San Francisco, has passed away, The San Francisco Chronicle reports.
11:14 15/02/2021France says just one jab needed for people previously infected with Covid-19France's health authority is recommending that anyone previously infected with Covid-19 should only receive one vaccine jab, instead of the normal two doses, BBC News reports.
20:27 13/02/2021Coronavirus strain found in Polish mink can pass to humans, government saysA strain of the coronavirus discovered in mink on a farm in northern Poland can be transmitted to humans and vice versa, the country's agriculture ministry said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
20:00 13/02/2021Oxford University to test COVID-19 vaccine response among children for first timeThe University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the COVID-19 vaccine it has developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children for the first time, it said on...
17:30 13/02/20213 killed, 8 injured in Syrian Aleppo explosionThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announced on Saturday that three citizens were killed and other eight were injured, as a car bomb exploded in Al-Rai town in Aleppo Governorate,...
15:03 13/02/2021Facebook reportedly building smartwatch with health featuresFacebook Inc is building a smartwatch that will let users send messages and also offer health and fitness features, The Information reported on Friday, citing people with direct knowledge of the...
14:25 13/02/2021Larry King leaves $2 million fortune to his kids in handwritten willLarry King left behind an estate worth roughly $2 million to his children — having penned a handwritten will before two of his kids tragically died, Page Six said, citing a report.
11:25 13/02/2021White House press aide suspended for threatening reporterWhite House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has been suspended for a week without pay after he reportedly issued a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with...
10:43 13/02/2021China refuses to give WHO raw data on early COVID-19 casesWorld Health Organization investigators got into contentious arguments with Chinese officials over their refusal to turn over raw data on early coronavirus cases, Business Insider reported, citing...
18:24 12/02/2021Peskov: Date, format of Putin-Macron talks remain uncertainThe date and format of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, remain uncertain, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, according to...
15:36 12/02/2021Russia ready to cut ties with EU if Brussels initiates it, Lavrov saysRussia is ready to cut ties with the EU if Brussels initiates it, but for its part, Moscow is calling for cooperation, the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS on Friday.