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Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
Published On: March 2, 2021 01:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press
GUSAU, Nigeria, Mar 2: Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday.
Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above
Published On: March 2, 2021 11:33 AM NPT By: Reuters
TORONTO, March 2: Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization released new guidelines on Monday that advise against vaccinating people who are 65 years and older with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, citing lack of information about efficacy in that age group.
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Boeing, Australian air force say pilotless, fighter-like jet completed first test flight
Published On: March 2, 2021 10:25 AM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, March 2: Boeing Co and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) said on Tuesday they had completed the first flight test on a pilotless fighter-like jet designed to operate in conjunction with crewed aircraft.
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China, U.S. should lift COVID-19 travel bans if herd immunity reached, Chinese epidemiologist says
Published On: March 2, 2021 09:53 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, March 2: China and the United States should remove all barriers to travel between the two countries if the United States achieves herd immunity for COVID-19 with 90% of its population vaccinated, potentially by August, a Chinese epidemiologist has said.
Saudi envoy disputes crown prince role in Khashoggi killing
Published On: March 2, 2021 09:24 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, March 2: Saudi Arabia’s U.N. ambassador on Monday disputed the U.S. intelligence report which concluded that the Saudi crown prince approved an operation to kill or capture dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying in a tweet: “Let us all move forward to tackle the serious business of world issues!!”
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Defying deadly crackdown, crowds again protest Myanmar coup
Published On: March 2, 2021 08:39 AM NPT By: Associated Press
YANGON, Feb 2: Police in Myanmar’s biggest city fired tear gas Monday at defiant crowds who returned to the streets to protest last month’s coup, despite reports that security forces had killed at least 18 people a day earlier.
U.S. to push for 'intense' U.N. Security Council talks on Myanmar
Published On: March 2, 2021 07:29 AM NPT By: Reuters
UNITED NATIONS, March 2- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Monday she hopes to use Washington’s presidency of the United Nations Security Council in March to push for more “intense discussions” on Myanmar.
Former French president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, handed jail sentence
Published On: March 1, 2021 07:46 PM NPT By: Reuters
PARIS, March 1: Judges found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling on Monday and sentenced him to three years in jail, with two years suspended.
Myanmar court files another charge against Suu Kyi; protesters march again
Published On: March 1, 2021 12:17 PM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, Mar 1: A Myanmar court filed another charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, a lawyer acting for her said, as protesters marched in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people the previous day.
Modi takes home-grown vaccine as India widens immunisation drive
Published On: March 1, 2021 11:33 AM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, March 1: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was inoculated with the first dose of a home-grown coronavirus vaccine on Monday, kicking off an expansion of the country’s immunisation campaign that began in mid-January with healthcare workers.
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