[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump, after giving in to pressure and signing a $ 900 billion coronavirus aid package, faces another possible humiliation this week with Congress set to hand over the first override of his veto. waning presidency. It takes a two-thirds majority of voters in the 435-member …
Read More »Jürgen Klopp “frustrated” after the Premier League draw with West Brom
[ad_1] Sam Allardyce. Big Sam. He did it to us again. It really is inevitable. Of course he would nullify Sadio Mane’s first goal and play his kind of football. Of course it worked. Because of course. Death, taxes and Big Sam. Jürgen Klopp was a bit nervous about it, …
Read More »After Trump Backtracks On Stimulus Bill, Democrats Point To Tighter Aid Checks, United States News & Top Stories
[ad_1] WASHINGTON / PALM BEACH, FLORIDA (REUTERS) – Democrats in the United States Congress on Monday (Dec. 28) will try to push expanded pandemic aid payments of US $ 2,000 (S $ 2,655) for Americans after the President Donald Trump will back down in a fight with lawmakers. that the …
Read More »Russia admits third-worst global death toll from COVID-19
[ad_1] MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday (December 28) that its death toll from COVID-19 was more than three times higher than it had previously reported, making it the country with the third highest death toll. For months, President Vladimir Putin has bragged about Russia’s low death rate from the virus, …
Read More »German COVID-19 vaccination campaign overshadowed by setbacks
[ad_1] FRANKFURT / BERLIN: Germany’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been overshadowed by an overdose mishap in the north and problems with vaccine transport in the south, prompting 1,000 injections to be shipped. Some districts in Bavaria said on Monday (December 28) that they would not use the vaccines received over …
Read More »British hospitals battle for space as COVID-19 cases skyrocket
[ad_1] LONDON: British hospitals are canceling non-urgent procedures and scrambling to find space for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases continue to rise despite tough new restrictions imposed to curb a new variant of the virus it spreads rapidly. Dr. Nick Scriven, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, …
Read More »Vaccine diplomacy is not as simple as a shot in the arm, Opinion News & Top Stories
[ad_1] At the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, when countries were faced with the rapid spread of Covid-19, China sent boxes upon boxes of masks and other protective equipment abroad. These items arrived in various countries with stickers of the Chinese flag, in a display of what has been called …
Read More »Thailand Confirms 144 New Coronavirus Infections, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand announced its first coronavirus death in nearly two months and tightened restrictions on entertainment companies in its capital on Monday (December 28), in a bid to contain an outbreak that has reached more than half of the country’s provinces. Authorities confirmed 144 new infections on …
Read More »SM Ong: Circle Line is orange, it says LTA, but shouldn’t it be yellow?
[ad_1] Dear Minister of Transport, Sorry to bother you. I know you are busy taking selfies in front of the Covid-19 vaccine transport plane. But there is an urgent problem regarding our national mass rapid transit (MRT) system that needs your immediate attention as it is tearing our country and …
Read More »Vaccination against the COVID-19 EU marathon got off to a mixed start
[ad_1] BRUSSELS: The EU campaign to vaccinate Europeans against COVID-19 has gotten off to a mixed start in what will be a marathon effort to administer injections to enough of the bloc’s 450 million people to defeat the viral pandemic. In one mishap, eight workers at a nursing home in …
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