Vaccine Rollout Gives U.K. a Rare Win in the Pandemic
Because the vaccine could only be refrigerated for three days once it reached the clinic, health care workers knew they had to inject 400 doses a day by Sunday to use up the supply. There was already a line of people waiting for “jabs,” so...
Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control
Myanmar’s military has taken control of the country after detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians in the early hours. Military TV said a state of emergency had been declared for one year and power transferred. The coup comes after tensions...
Ongoing siege following car explosion at hotel gate in Somalia’s capital
Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN)Somalia security forces are fighting armed gunmen to end a siege at a hotel in the east African country’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday that has claimed the life of the country’s former defense minister, according to police. Police told CNN the country’s former...
Thousands detained in Russia amid rallies for Alexey Navalny
Moscow Record numbers of protesters were detained in Russia on Sunday, as demonstrations erupted across the country in support of detained opposition leader Alexey Navalny. At least 5,045 people were detained, with more than 1,600 in Moscow alone. That marks a record-high in detentions since...
Covid: WHO probe team in China exits Wuhan quarantine
A World Health Organization (WHO) team has come out of quarantine and will start on-the-ground investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The scientists will begin interviewing people from research institutes, hospitals and the seafood market linked to the...
Coronavirus: Man killed at protest against Lebanon’s total lockdown
A man has died after protesters angry with a total coronavirus lockdown and dire economic conditions clashed with riot police in the Lebanese city of Tripoli for a third consecutive night. Omar Tayba, 29, was among 220 people injured during the unrest. His brother said...
Carlos Holmes Trujillo: Colombian defence minister dies with Covid-19
Colombia’s defence minister has died in hospital after contracting coronavirus, the government has announced. Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, was taken to hospital with Covid-19 earlier this month and had developed viral pneumonia. “Colombia has lost one of its best men,” President Ivan Duque said on...
Coronavirus: EU to tighten vaccine exports amid row with AstraZeneca
The EU has warned it will tighten exports of Covid vaccines produced in the bloc, amid a row with AstraZeneca over a cut in planned supplies. Last week, AstraZeneca told the EU it was falling behind on its supply target because of production problems. Pfizer-BioNTech...
Japan’s daily coronavirus cases fall below 3,000 for first time since December
Japan confirmed 2,765 new coronavirus infections on Monday, falling below 3,000 new daily cases for the first time since December 28, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The country’s total number of cases now stands at 368,855, with the death toll rising by 74 Monday...
0.01% of people tested positive for coronavirus after two vaccine doses, Israeli data shows
About 0.01% of a large group of people who received two doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine tested positive for coronavirus after their second shot — and those patients had only a mild illness, according to preliminary data from an Israeli health care system. Maccabi Healthcare...
Biden to sign 10 executive orders to tackle Covid
President Joe Biden is set to sign 10 executive orders to boost the fight against Covid which has ravaged the US. Vaccination will be accelerated and testing increased. Emergency legislation will be used to increase production of essentials like masks. In a break with former...
Biden inauguration: Trump leaves White House vowing ‘we will be back’
Donald Trump has vowed he will be “back in some form” after departing the White House for the final time as president. He told supporters as he prepared to fly to Florida that it had been “a great honour to be your president”. He is...
Kamala Harris becomes first female, first black and first Asian-American VP
Kamala Harris has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president. She was sworn in just before Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th US president. Ms Harris, who is of Indian-Jamaican heritage, initially ran for...
UK and EU in row over bloc’s diplomatic status
A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and EU over the status of the bloc’s ambassador in London. The UK is refusing to give Joao Vale de Almeida the full diplomatic status that is granted to other ambassadors. The Foreign Office is insisting...
Migrant caravan: Mexico presses US to reform immigration policies
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged the US to make major reforms to its immigration policy as thousands of migrants were blocked by police in neighbouring Guatemala. Mr Lopez Obrador said he was hopeful that President-elect Joe Biden would agree to work with...
Iraq attack: Twin suicide bombings in central Baghdad kill 20
At least 20 people have been killed and 40 others injured in a twin suicide bombing at a crowded commercial area in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, officials say. The bombers blew themselves up at a clothing market in Tayaran Square as they were pursued by security...
Vaccination rates highlight stark differences between Israelis and Palestinians
Kafr ‘Aqab (CNN)Two young men work side-by-side in a butcher’s shop. They live in the same teeming and densely packed town. One is fortunate — he’s eligible to get an Israeli Covid-19 vaccination. The other isn’t. Both are Palestinian residents of Kafr ‘Aqab, a finger...
Biden official tells migrants to turn back
A migrant caravan moving from Honduras toward the U.S. border called on the incoming Biden administration to honor their “commitments” to the migrants moving north, citing the incoming administration’s vow to ease Trump’s restrictions on asylum. But on Sunday, an unnamed Biden transition official said...
In Trump’s final days at White House, presidential pardons reportedly up for grabs for the right price
There’s a presidential pardon fire sale reportedly underway during President Trump final days at the White House. The New York Times, citing documents and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and lawyers, reported Sunday night that some Trump allies are collecting fees from wealthy...
With authorities on alert, nationwide protests by Trump supporters fail to materialize
WASHINGTON — Fears of major protests by armed, far-right Trump supporters outside the Capitol and at state capitols Sunday proved unfounded, with only small groups, some carrying weapons, gathering in a handful of cities including Austin, Texas, Phoenix, Salem, Ore., and Lansing, Mich. With large-scale...
Naked subway shover ‘had a good heart’ but was off his meds: mom
The mother of Saturday’s deranged naked subway pusher says her son was not an aggressive person — just off his meds during the Manhattan horror. Ethel Trammell told The Post on Sunday that her son, Malik Jackson — who was killed after jumping on the...
Inauguration 2021: What happens on the day Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in?
President-elect Joe Biden will not officially make his move to the White House until inauguration day – a political parade of sorts, when the Democrat and his Vice-President Kamala Harris take the oath of office. From Covid-19 protocols, to security concerns, to an appearance from...
Coronavirus: EU anger over delayed Pfizer vaccine deliveries
Several EU countries are receiving significantly fewer doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine than expected, after the US firm slowed shipments. Six nations called the situation “unacceptable” and warned it “decreases the credibility of the vaccination process”. Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia urged...
Covid: UK variant could drive ‘rapid growth’ in US cases, CDC warns
A highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the UK could become the dominant strain in the US by March, health officials have said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned of “rapid growth” of the variant in coming weeks. It said such...
Coronavirus vaccine: India begins world’s biggest drive
A sanitation worker became the first Indian to receive a Covid vaccine as the country began the world’s largest inoculation drive. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the programme, which aims to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people against Covid. He paid tribute to front-line workers...
Pope Francis receives vaccine
The Vatican has confirmed that both Pope Francis and his predecessor, former Pope Benedict XVI, have received the coronavirus vaccine. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said that they were given the first dose “as part of the Vatican City State vaccination programme”. It had been reported that...
Covid-19: Brazil hospitals ‘run out of oxygen’ for virus patients
Hospitals in the Brazilian city of Manaus have reached breaking point while treating Covid-19 patients, amid reports of severe oxygen shortages and desperate staff. The city, in Amazonas state, has seen a surge of deaths and infections. Health professionals, quoted by local media, warned “many...
Uganda elections 2021: Museveni takes lead as Bobi Wine cries foul
Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has a clear lead in the presidential race following Thursday’s vote, preliminary results show. The country’s electoral commission has dismissed allegations of vote rigging, made by opposition candidate Bobi Wine, a former pop star. But election monitors say confidence in...
Video shows police officer assaulted by mob of Capitol rioters
Disturbing footage from the US Capitol riot shows the moment a police officer was viciously attacked by an angry right-wing mob, according to a report Sunday. Ruthless rioters were caught on camera as they stormed the building entrance Wednesday and dragged a cop down a...
Illinois House Democrats wrangle over Madigan’s future behind closed doors
With less than three days to shore up the votes needed to claim another term as House speaker, Michael Madigan on Sunday was confronted with the reality that he lacks support from nearly a third of his 73-member Democratic caucus. In the first closed-door ballot...