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[ad_1] – Advertising – Sira Martínez daughter of Spanish jumping champion Luis Enrique The emotional memory of Luis Enrique to his daughter Xana Sira Martínez Cullell, the daughter of the coach and ex-footballer Luis Enrique and the economist Elena Cullell, is the Spanish jumping champion in the category of young …

[ad_1] ZURICH / FRANKFURT: Drug makers, including BioNTech and Moderna, are scrambling to test their COVID-19 vaccines against the new, fast-spreading variant of the virus sweeping Britain, the latest challenge in the fast-paced race to curb the pandemic. . Ugur Sahin, chief executive of Germany’s BioNTech, which with its partner …

[ad_1] International Finance Corp. (IFC) plans to issue loans to the country’s largest microfinance institutions to help them stay afloat and save jobs as the Philippines grapples with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the IFC said that the World Bank Group member plans to issue …

[ad_1] Manila, Philippines – An increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in its “early stages” has been detected in Metro Manila and is a “serious cause for concern” that could still be mitigated, according to an academic research group that has been monitoring the pandemic. . In its latest …

[ad_1] Pope Francis will deliver his Christmas Day message indoors due to coronavirus restrictions, the Vatican said Tuesday, as two cardinals close to the pontiff tested positive for Covid-19. The Pope traditionally delivers his message “Urbi y Orbi” (For the city and the world) from the balcony of St. Peter’s …

[ad_1] Women entrepreneurs in the Philippines are seen as benefiting from the new loans that World Bank Group member institutions will issue to two of the largest microfinance institutions in the country. In a statement Tuesday, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced its plan to issue up to P750 million …

[ad_1] The NBA found a way to cope last season in the midst of a pandemic. Adam Silver doesn’t see any reason why the same can’t ring true again this season. Silver, the NBA commissioner, said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), a day before the new season begins, that he …

[ad_1] Pedestrians walk past a Debenhams shop window on Oxford Street in central London on December 22, 2020. – UK government loans continued to rise in November in emergency action to support the economy hit by the virus that, however, recovered stronger than expected in the third. quarter, official data …

[ad_1] Photographers around the world captured Jupiter and Saturn aligning almost perfectly in the night sky this week. Monday was the closest the two planets have appeared in 800 years; the last time they were this close and visible was in 1226. The two planets align or conjugate every 20 …

[ad_1] Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets in our solar system, were visibly closer together on Monday night than they have been in 800 years, marking an extremely rare celestial event known as “great conjunction. ” The conjunction occurs when the orbits of the two planets align every 20 …