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[ad_1] TAIPEI / GENEVA (Reuters) – World Health Organization member countries on Monday rejected a U.S.-backed call for Taiwan to be allowed to attend a meeting of WHO’s decision-making body. Washington, which announced under outgoing President Donald Trump that it will resign from the WHO in part because of what …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday (November 10) imposed sanctions on four more Chinese officials in Hong Kong’s government and security system for their alleged role in crushing dissent in the former British colony. The US Department of the Treasury and State identified the four as Deng Zhonghua, deputy …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore could have a Covid-19 vaccine early next year. The first shipments of the vaccine jointly developed by Singapore researchers are expected in the first quarter. Arcturus Therapeutics, the US pharmaceutical company working with Duke-NUS scientists on the vaccine, said this on Monday (November 9), announcing positive …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The top Republican in the United States Congress on Monday (November 9) said that President Donald Trump was within his right to investigate charges of “wrongdoing” in last week’s election, which was called for the Democrat Joe Biden, but did not offer any evidence of fraud. Trump, a …

[ad_1] GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization on Monday (November 9) called on everyone to continue fighting COVID-19, warning that while we may be fed up with fighting the pandemic, the virus “is not tired of we”. Speaking to the WHO main annual meeting, which resumed on Monday …

[ad_1] WILMINGTON (AP) – US President-elect Joe Biden hailed news Monday that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90 percent effective as “hope” but warned of a long battle ahead. “I congratulate the brilliant women and men who helped produce this breakthrough and give us cause for …

[ad_1] LONDON: Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at increased risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday (Nov 9), after a large study found that 20 percent of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Anxiety, depression and insomnia were …

[ad_1] OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday (November 9) that he is hopeful that the administration of US President-elect Joe Biden will keep up the pressure on China to release two Canadians detained for nearly two years. Beijing, in an act widely denounced by Western capitals in retaliation, …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Work to distribute the experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE is in the works after companies announced successful interim data on Monday (Nov 9), but will not reach local pharmacies. for the general public in the short term. The data, which …

[ad_1] Transmission of the coronavirus from mink to humans does not necessarily mean that the disease becomes more dangerous, but scientists are on guard after a stunning announcement from Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday that the country will kill more than 15 million minks and that a …