09-11-2020 NEW YORK: The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows. The developers – Pfizer and BioNTech – described it as a “great day for science and humanity”. Their vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries …
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09-11-2020 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: As the United States reportedly plans a flurry of fresh sanctions on Iran before Donald Trump’s presidency comes to an end; Tehran has told its rivals in the Middle East not to count heavily on Washington to help them in the future. “Trump’s gone in 70 days …
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09-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD/ LONDON/ CANBERRA: After Democrat nominee Joe Biden captured the US presidency on Saturday, global leaders and prominent personalities congratulated the president-elect and wished him well for the tough job ahead. Following are reactions from world leaders: Prime Minister Imran Khan Prime …
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PARIS/ UNITED NATIONS: The French government plans to introduce jail terms and fines for doctors who provide controversial so-called “virginity certificates” for traditional religious marriages. It is part of draft legislation aimed at reinforcing French secular values and combating what President Emmanuel Macron calls “Islamist separatism” but the French abortion …
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09-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia finally congratulated Joe Biden on Sunday over his victory in the United States presidential election, more than 24 hours after he defeated Donald Trump, who had close personal ties with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). The former US vice …
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08-11-2020 BEIJING: China sent 13 satellites into orbit today, including the world’s very first sixth-generation communications test satellite. The devices were put into space by a Long March-6 carrier rocket that blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China Central Television reported. Ten Argentina’s NewSat, Beihangxingsat-1, and Bayi 03 …
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08-11-2020 WASHINGTON: Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday pledged that if he is elected president, he will end President Donald Trump’s so-called Muslim travel ban on his first day in office. “I will end the Muslim ban on day one and I will work with Congress to pass hate …
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07-11-2020 WASHINGTON: Joe Biden is now projected to have 284 Electoral College votes, the Associated Press (AP) news agency said on Saturday, above the threshold needed to clinch the hard-fought United States presidential election. The president-elect was projected to have surpassed the 270 electoral vote-thresholds after the AP called Pennsylvania in …
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07-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions, and criminalizing so-called “honor killings”. The government said the legal reforms were part of efforts to improve legislation …
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07-11-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States of America (USA) said that it had removed from its list of terror groups a shadowy faction regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. In a notice in the Federal Register, which publishes new US laws and …
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