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Trump extends immigrant, work visa restrictions till March
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday extended an order suspending the issuance of certain types of work visas for another three months due to the raging coronavirus pandemic.
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Biden calls for Americans to unite, heal and rebuild in 2021
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Wilmington [US], January 1 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden shared a New Year's Eve message on Thursday calling for the nation to "unite, heal and rebuild in 2021."
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Fauci calls COVID-19 vaccine rollout in US as 'disappointing'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci on Thursday said that the coronavirus vaccine rollout hasn't gone as he expected adding that it has been 'disappointing'.
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Slovakia registers record 6,315 COVID-19 cases over past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bratislava [Slovakia], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Slovakia has registered 6,315 new coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said.
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Scottish First Minister Sturgeon vows to return Scotland to EU
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon promised on Friday to return Scotland to the European Union soon.
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Iconic Times Square Ball Drop to be virtual this year
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 1 (ANI): The iconic Times Square New Years' ball is set to be virtual this year as the coronavirus cases continue to surge in the United States especially in the state of New York.
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Flag making business increases as anti-government demonstration peaks in N
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] January 1 (ANI): As the nation is busy protesting against the unconstitutional move of Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to dissolve the parliament, Munni Shah is busy making flags that rise high during these demonstrations.
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Tiny antibody from COVID-19 immunised llama shows promise treating human
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): US military scientists identified a miniature antibody - a nanobody - produced by a llama that appears to work well in liquid or aerosol form, suggesting it could help protect a person from the novel coronavirus, the Defense Department said in a pres
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WHO issues Emergency Use Validation for Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
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Geneva [Switzerland], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization said on Thursday it had issued an emergency use validation for the vaccine against the coronavirus developed by the Pfizer and BioNTech companies, the first one since the start of the pandemic.
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Sindhis, Balochs to lose jobs as Pakistan International Airlines head offi
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Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): With Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) implementing its decision to cut the existing workforce by half and shift the head office of the national carrier from Karachi to Islamabad by January end but the current and former officials view the entire
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France registers first case of COVID-19 variant linked to South Africa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): France has registered its first case of a new coronavirus strain, known as 501.V2 variant and linked to South Africa, the country's Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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China - a year in review and preview
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): 2020 will go down as a year of infamy, headlined by the COVID-19 pandemic. As much as it tries, China cannot evade culpability for initially mishandling the spread of the virus from its Wuhan epicenter. This ongoing health crisis is inextricably linked to China
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