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Boris Johnson cancels Republic Day visit to India over COVID-19 situation
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday cancelled his planned trip to India to be the chief guest for Republic Day celebrations, stating that it was important for him to remain in the United Kingdom to focus on the domestic response to COVID-19 in the
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Boris Johnson urges Britons to stay at home as national lockdown begins
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): As Britain enters into its third lockdown due to the rising COVID-19 cases, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people to stay at home and protect the overburdened United Kingdom National Health Service.
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UK PM imposes harsh lockdown for England amid COVID-19 new variant
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdown in England on Monday as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fuels a surge in infections and hospitalizations across the country.
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Women in Turkey are determined to stop femicide - murders of women
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 4 (ANI): On December 29 in Istanbul, a man named Kemal Delbe set on fire his former girlfriend Aylin Sozer, a lecturer at the Istanbul Aydin University, pouring a flammable liquid on her. Her murderer narrowly escaped lynching by Sozer's neighbours when taken in
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US registers single-day record of 299,087 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Maryland [US], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has reported 299,087 COVID-19 new cases in the past 24 hours, which is a single-day record since the beginning of the pandemic, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows.
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US surpasses 350,000 Covid-19 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): The United States surpassed 350,000 Covid-19 deaths on Sunday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as vaccinations against the virus have begun at a slow pace.
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US COVID-19 cases top 20 million
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 20 million on Friday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes, says sp
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Scores of Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes by the Nigerian military in the country's restive northeastern state of Borno, an official said on Friday.
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Africa CDC envisages most African countries will receive COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director John Nkengasong on Thursday said he envisages most African countries will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines by the second half of 2021.
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UK is free to do things, says Johnson post Brexit hours
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], January 1 (ANI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said that Britain would now be an "open, generous, outward-looking, internationalist and free trading" country that is "free to do things differently and if necessary better" than the European Union.
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US sees record 3,744 daily deaths from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States saw a new daily high of 3,744 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24-hour period, according to data published Thursday by Johns Hopkins University.
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Dwayne Johnson receives sentimental Christmas gift
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI): Former wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson, who stepped as 'Dwanta Claus' this Christmas received a sentimental gift from a family friend on Thursday.
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