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[ad_1] GM Levon Aronian and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won their first quarterfinal matches at the Airthings Masters against GM Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So, respectively. The other two games ended 2-2: GM Daniil Dubov against GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi against Teimour Radjabov. Aronian vs. Nakamura: 2.5-1.5 “I …

[ad_1] An array of UK newspapers photographed as an illustration in Liverpool on December 20, 2020, shows front page headlines reporting on the story of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson introducing new tougher restrictions for the COVID-19 coronavirus for London and southeastern England. cancel Christmas gatherings for those in the …

[ad_1] Giselle Sánchez of the Philippines crowned Noble Queen of the International Universe 2020 Jan Milo Severo (Philstar.com) – December 30, 2020 – 3:00 pm MANILA, Philippines – Actress and comedian Giselle Sánchez won the Noble Queen of the Universe International award. On her Instagram account, Giselle posted a photo …

[ad_1] So he loses strength, he faces the essential match against Vachier-Lagrave Grandmaster Wesley So lost to the White pieces twice to France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and lost the first of two four-game quarter-final matches, 3-1, at the Airthings Masters of the Champions Chess Tour on Wednesday. . So, 27, yielded …

[ad_1] Sinopharm has applied to China’s drug regulator for approval of the inactivated coronavirus vaccine. Beijing, China: Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it to be 79 percent effective, the Chinese pharmaceutical giant said Wednesday, less than rival hits developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, but a potential …

[ad_1] A Chinese study of antibodies against the coronavirus found that almost half a million people may have had Covid-19 in Wuhan, a figure that is 10 times the official figure. According to the antibody prevalence study, the infection rate was also much higher in Wuhan than in surrounding areas, …

[ad_1] The government may also ban flights from the United States once reports that the coronavirus variant had been detected there are officially confirmed, the Health Department said. The Philippines has banned travel from 20 countries where cases of the coronavirus variant have been reported. On Tuesday, Colorado Governor Jared …

[ad_1] Researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) have said that COVID-19 will likely become endemic, meaning that it will always be present in the population to some degree. Dr. Mike Ryan, director of the WHO Emergencies program, issued a stern warning when he described the pandemic as “very serious” …

[ad_1] The European Union (EU) health agency ECDC said on Tuesday the risk was “high” that newly discovered virus variants that cause COVID-19 could further affect medical care and cause more deaths due to to “greater transmissibility”. The Stockholm-based European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in a …

[ad_1] French fashion designer Pierre Cardin poses in front of his fashion creations from 1954-1956-1957 at his museum called “Past-Present-Future” in Paris on November 12, 2014. (Reuters / Charles Platiau / File photo) PARIS – French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made a name for himself selling designer clothes to the …