News Archives for World - 2021-07-26

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World

Antibodies from Sinovac's Covid-19 shot fade after about 6 months, booster helps: study

Researchers caution the study did not test the antibodies' effect against more transmissible variants

Published 26 Jul, 2021 08:49pm

World

World Bank to finance extra Covid jabs for poorer nations

The new mechanism will allow those countries to buy additional doses on top of the subsidised ones they will already receive via Covax

Published 26 Jul, 2021 08:47pm

Europe

Greece will start vaccinating 12-15 yr-olds in August

Some 30,000 appointments have already been made by teenagers aged 15 to 17

Published 26 Jul, 2021 08:21pm

Middle East

Saudi Arabia open to hosting two F1 races, says promoter

The country is due to make its debut with a night race in Jeddah on Dec. 5 that would be the penultimate round of the season

Updated 26 Jul, 2021 08:40pm

USA

US new home sales drop for third straight month in June

Sales in June were 6.6 percent lower compared to May's downwardly revised rate

Published 26 Jul, 2021 07:52pm

Europe

After $4 billion in losses, Heathrow tells UK to open up travel

Wants Britain to allow fully vaccinated people from the US and EU to be able to travel into Britain without needing to quarantine for 10 days, and says that level of opening up would help fuel a stronger recovery

Updated 26 Jul, 2021 08:13pm

Middle East

Iraq records 12,000 Covid infections in new daily high

More than 1.5 million people have now tested positive and 18,347 have officially died of Covid-19 in Iraq

Updated 26 Jul, 2021 07:52pm

South Asia

Southern India's only chief minister from PM Modi's party resigns

"I had no pressure from senior party leaders. I am voluntarily submitting my resignation," Yediyurappa said

Published 26 Jul, 2021 07:11pm

South Asia

India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease

In the worst-hit state of Maharashtra where 53 bodies have been recovered

Published 26 Jul, 2021 05:35pm

Middle East

Iran's daily Covid caseload exceeds 30,000 in new high

Just over 8.1 million people have received a first dose, and 2.4 million have received the necessary two jabs

Updated 26 Jul, 2021 05:17pm

South Asia

China accuses US of creating 'imaginary enemy' during high-level talks

"The United States wants to reignite the sense of national purpose by establishing China as an 'imaginary enemy'," Xie quoted
"As if once China's development is suppressed, US domestic and external problems will be resolved, and America will be great again, and America's hegemony can be continued."

Updated 26 Jul, 2021 05:07pm

Europe

France reports 40 million vaccinated with at least one jab

France recorded more than 16,000 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday after almost 23,000 on Saturday, as the Delta variant caused a surge

Published 26 Jul, 2021 04:20pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Monday

At least 194,121,850 cases of coronavirus have been registered

Published 26 Jul, 2021 03:58pm

Europe

Russia eyes free-trade zone on islands disputed by Japan

The territorial dispute has kept the two countries from signing a peace accord that would formally end their wartime hostilities

Published 26 Jul, 2021 03:57pm

Europe

Russia reports 23,239 new COVID-19 cases, 727 related deaths

The government coronavirus task force said 727 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 154,601

Published 26 Jul, 2021 01:15pm

Asia

Torrential rains kill over 160 in India, dozens trapped in landslides

Rains are easing on the west coast and that will help in rescue operations, said a Pune-based senior scientist with the India Meteorological Department.

Updated 26 Jul, 2021 09:08pm

Asia

Mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer shot boosts COVID antibody level

The study involved 499 medical workers - 100 receiving mixed doses, 200 taking two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech shot and the remainder getting two AstraZeneca shots

Published 26 Jul, 2021 01:05pm

Asia

China reports 76 virus cases, highest daily rise since January

The world's second-largest economy has staged a rapid recovery from last year's slump caused by the pandemic, while much of Asia is still battling to contain the virus

Updated 26 Jul, 2021 12:56pm

Asia

Southeast Asia COVID-19 cases hit new highs, Malaysian doctors protest

Thailand had 15,376 new coronavirus cases, a daily record for a second consecutive day in the nation of more than 66 million

Published 26 Jul, 2021 10:48am

Asia

Malaysian parliament reopens after months-long virus hiatus

Despite the emergency and a nationwide lockdown, the outbreak has only worsened, fuelled by the highly infectious Delta variant

Published 26 Jul, 2021 10:42am

Asia

UN warns of 'unprecedented' Afghan civilian deaths from Taliban offensives

The rise in civilian casualties was particularly sharp in May and June -- the initial period of the Taliban's current offensives -- with 783 civilians killed and 1,609 wounded

Published 26 Jul, 2021 10:32am

USA

Biden to welcome weakened Iraq PM amid Iran hostility

Just last week, the IS group claimed a deadly suicide bombing at a Baghdad market that killed 30 people, according to the official toll

Published 26 Jul, 2021 09:43am

Africa

Tunisian president suspends parliament, dismisses PM

In Tunis, hundreds defied a coronavirus curfew to congregate on the capital's roads

Published 26 Jul, 2021 09:39am

Asia

China urges Washington to stop "demonising" it during US official visit

The July 25-26 trip is shorn of the trappings of a full-fledged official visit

Published 26 Jul, 2021 09:35am

World

Two Australian cities eye end of virus lockdowns

Around half of Australia's 25 million largely unvaccinated residents are currently under stay-at-home orders

Published 26 Jul, 2021 09:29am

World

Qatar FM in Iran just days after US visit

TEHRAN: Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani arrived in Tehran Sunday in an unannounced...