China’s city Shaoxing offers experimental COVID-19 vaccines to its residents

Chinese city to offer vaccine candidate as emergency use expands. Residents aged between 18 and 59 in the city of Shaoxing, who are not in priority groups, can apply online for inoculation, the city’s health commission said on Tuesday on its WeChat account. It did not name the vaccine, say when inoculation would start or مزید پڑھیں

Several Afghan security personnel killed in attack

Nearly, 25 Afghan security personnel were killed after they came under attack in the northeast of Afghanistan, officials confirmed. “Fighting is still continuing and the attackers have also suffered heavy casualties,” Jawad Hejri, a spokesman for the governor of Takhar province told. Takhar provincial health director Abdul Qayoum confirmed the incident but said 34 security مزید پڑھیں

15 people dead in Stampede outside Pakistan consulate in Afghanistan

At least 15 people were killed in stampede among thousands of Afghans gathered outside Pakistan’s consulate on Tuesday as jostling broke out between people applying for visas, officials in the eastern city of Jalalabad said. An estimated 3,000 Afghans had congregated on the open ground outside the consulate, waiting to collect tokens needed to apply مزید پڑھیں

New ceasefire agrees over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh

Karabakh sees fresh fighting despite ceasefire. A new ceasefire agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan to halt fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh was again failing to hold on Monday as both sides accused each other of fresh attacks. The truce, backed by international mediators to put a stop to three weeks of fighting that مزید پڑھیں

US election 2020: Joe Biden mocks Donald Trump, wants him to keep one ‘promise’

Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden’s campaign on Sunday released an ad that urges President Donald Trump to keep one promise that he has made repeatedly during his campaign for the US election 2020. President Trump, warning crowds of voting against him in the November 15 election, has said on several occasion, that he wouldn’t return مزید پڑھیں

New Zealand’s next parliament is set to be the most different ever

New Zealand’s next parliament is set to be the most inclusive ever, with several people of colour, members from the rainbow communities and a high number of women. The ruling Labour Party was handed a resounding mandate in the election over the weekend, as voters rewarded Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her decisive response to مزید پڑھیں

12 people kills in Armenian military missiles at Ganja: Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia escalated after 12 people were killed when the Armenian military fired missiles at Ganja, injuring 40 as well, said the General Prosecutors of Azerbaijan said Saturday. “Civilians are continued to be saved from the debris of destruction by emergency services,” Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the Azerbaijani president, said on مزید پڑھیں

US election 2020: Joe Biden leads in TV ratings battle with Trump

For the one-hour period that both Trump and Biden were on air, Biden averaged 14.3 million to Trump’s 13.5 million. According to Nielsen rating data released on Friday, Biden averaged 15.1 million viewers during Thursday night’s 90-minute discussion on Walt Disney Co’s ABC broadcast network. Trump pulled in 13.5 million for his 60-minute event across مزید پڑھیں

Brexit brinkmanship: Johnson says prepare for no-deal, cancels trade talks

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a no-trade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course, bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in continuing the negotiations. A tumultuous “no deal” finale to the United Kingdom’s five-year Brexit crisis would sow chaos through the delicate مزید پڑھیں