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G7 ‘huge opportunity’ for global COVID-19 pandemic recovery: UK PM
Date: 2021-06-11 21:08:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:9005217
CORNWALL, June 11 (MENA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday hailed the first in-person G7 summit in nearly two years as a “huge opportunity” to kickstart recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Opening the first session of the ....
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Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats
Date: 2021-06-11 18:40:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:9005201
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - Chinese researchers said they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats including one that may be the second-closest yet, genetically, to the Covid-19 virus, CNN reported Friday. According to the researchers, ....
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Senior Chinese diplomat urges US not to 'politicize' COVID-19 origin tracing
Date: 2021-06-11 18:33:59 GMT - China - World - SN:67 - ID:9005194
BEIJING, June 11 (MENA) -- China urges the United States to respect facts and science, refrain from politicizing COVID-19 origin tracing and concentrate on international anti-pandemic cooperation, Xinhua quoted senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi as ....
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Biden to nominate Cuban-born veteran as Navy secretary
Date: 2021-06-11 18:25:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:9005185
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden intends to nominate Carlos Del Toro, CEO of a tech solutions company and a Cuban-born Navy veteran, to be the next Navy secretary, Politico quoted three people with direct knowledge as saying ....
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Greece confirms 791 new Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths
Date: 2021-06-11 18:17:48 GMT - Greece - World - SN:63 - ID:9005169
ATHENS, June 11 (MENA) – The number of deaths from Covid-19 in Greece reached 11 over the past 24 hours, with the overall fatalities rising to 12,381, according to the daily bulletin of the National Organization for Public Health (EODY). An ....
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Over 845 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China
Date: 2021-06-11 18:14:54 GMT - China - World - SN:62 - ID:9005165
BEIJING, June 11 (MENA) - Over 845.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Thursday, Xinhua quoted the National Health Commission (NHC) as saying Friday. Also on Friday, a health official with the NHC said at ....
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Belarus reports 1,026 new COVID-19 cases, 1,187 recoveries in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-06-11 13:23:20 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:38 - ID:9004753
MINSK, June 11 (MENA) - Belarus confirmed 1,026 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours; another 1,187 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry. The ....
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Japan eyes approving Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12-17
Date: 2021-06-11 12:13:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:32 - ID:9004627
TOKYO, June 11 (MENA) - Japan is in the process of approving Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine for use on adolescents aged 12 to 17, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Friday, quoting a government's top spokesman. A panel at the Ministry of ....
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Japan to ease COVID-19 restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka on June 21
Date: 2021-06-11 12:10:36 GMT - Japan - World - SN:31 - ID:9004622
TOKYO, June 11 (MENA) - Japan is considering implementing less strict coronavirus restrictions in areas including Tokyo and Osaka on June 21 when the COVID-19 state of emergency is lifted, a government official said Friday, as the country seeks to ....
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G-7 mulls support for redirecting $100 bn in IMF reserves
Date: 2021-06-11 11:33:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:9004567
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - The Group of Seven biggest advanced economies is considering putting its support behind a $100 billion reallocation of potential new International Monetary Fund reserves from richer nations to more vulnerable ones to aid ....
