European Union offers free Covid vaccines to China
Jan 03, 2023, at 09:17 pm
Moscow/Beijing: The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China to help the country contain the rapid spread of the disease as Beijing prepares to end strict lockdown measures and open its borders.
African Sindhi community members says their heart is Indian
Nov 05, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Ahmedabad: African Sindhi community members, who came to India centuries ago, said their heart is Indian while their culture is African.
China sacks Communist Party officials in Inner Mongolia for filing to contain COVID-19 outbreaks
Feb 25, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Beijing: Chinese authorities have removed several Communist Party officials in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region for failing to contain their local Covid-19 outbreak.
China: Lanzhou city put under lockdown to bring COVID-19 spike under control
Oct 26, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Lanzhou: Chinese city of Lanzhou has been put under lockdown by authorities to bring the COVID-19 spike under control, media reports said on Tuesday.
Japan pledges USD 800 million towards the COVAX facility
Jun 03, 2021, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi/Tokyo/UNI: Amid the widening gap between nations in administering COVID-19 vaccines, Japan on Wednesday pledged another 800 million dollars in funding to ensure a fair distribution of shots.
China 'Aggressively' Seeks US Officials' Support for Its COVID-19 Response - FBI
Jul 07, 2020, at 09:36 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has learned that China has been aggressively attempting to influence US federal and local officials into defending Beijing’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, most recently by asking a state senator to introduce a resolution on the matter, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday.
Lift Cuba embargo or risk many lives lost to COVID-19, UN rights experts warn US
May 01, 2020, at 04:54 pm
New York/IBNS: The United States must urgently lift its blockade on Cuba to save lives amid the expanding COVID-19 crisis, UN human rights experts stressed on Thursday, emphasizing that the more than six-decades-old sanctions are impeding the supply of medicine, medical equipment, food and other goods essential to surviving the pandemic.
COVID cases spike in Canada, reach 40,000
Apr 23, 2020, at 07:24 pm
Ottawa/UNI: The number of confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus in Canada rose to 40,179 on Thursday, while the death toll reached 1,974, Health Canada reported.
US accuses Iran of importing coronavirus to ‘at least 5 countries’
Mar 23, 2020, at 08:01 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The government of Iran has transmitted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to at least five countries, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Monday.