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US resumes funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Published On: April 8, 2021 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 8: The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a resumption of U.S. assistance to the Palestinians, including to the U.N. agency that deals with Palestinian refugees, nearly all of which had been eliminated under President Donald Trump.
Asia Today: Modi gets 2nd vaccine dose as India hits record
Published On: April 8, 2021 11:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, April 8: India’s prime minister received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the country hit another peak Thursday with 126,789 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
China begins construction of its fifth rocket launch site
Published On: April 8, 2021 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, April 8: A port city in eastern China has launched an ambitious plan to build the country’s fifth rocket launch site, under a longer-term goal to ramp up space infrastructure to meet the demands of an expected boom in commercial missions.
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New Zealand suspends entry for travellers from India due to high COVID-19 cases
Published On: April 8, 2021 09:52 AM NPT By: Reuters
WELLINGTON, April 8: New Zealand on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, for about two weeks following a high number of positive coronavirus cases arriving from the South Asian country.
UK advises limiting AstraZeneca in under-30s amid clot worry
Published On: April 8, 2021 08:23 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, April 8: British authorities recommended Wednesday that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine not be given to adults under 30 where possible because of strengthening evidence that the shot may be linked to rare blood clots.
Myanmar security forces kill seven protesters, Chinese-owned factory set ablaze
Published On: April 7, 2021 05:53 PM NPT By: Republica
MYANMAR, April 7: Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding several, media said, as a Chinese-owned factory was set on fire in the commercial capital Yangon and activists burned the Chinese flag.
Japan's Osaka set to declare emergency amid record COVID-19 cases - media
Published On: April 7, 2021 11:33 AM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, April 7: The Japanese metropolis of Osaka is to declare a medical emergency as new COVID-19 infections climb to all-time highs, the Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.
Facebook removes accounts tied to Iranian exile group
Published On: April 7, 2021 09:44 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7: Facebook said Tuesday it has removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an Iranian exile group and a troll farm in Albania.
Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19
Published On: April 7, 2021 08:44 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 7: President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he’s bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. But even as he expressed optimism about the pace of vaccinations, he warned Americans that the nation is not yet out of the woods when it comes to the pandemic.
A third of COVID survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders: study
Published On: April 7, 2021 08:15 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, April 7: One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists said on Tuesday.
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