WASHINGTON, Nov 10: Americans took to the polls last Tuesday for what many expected to be a contentious and possibly even violent general election.

Pfizer vaccine trial success signals breakthrough in pandemic battle

Published On: November 10, 2020 12:29 PM NPT By: Reuters

UNITED STATES, Nov 10: Pfizer Inc's PFE.N experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective based on initial trial results, the drugmaker said on Monday, a major victory in the war against a virus that has killed over a million people and battered the world's economy.

International observers see no fraud in US vote

Published On: November 10, 2020 08:10 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Nov 10: International observers from the Organization of American States say they saw no instances of fraud or voting irregularities in the U.S. presidential election.

Hundreds killed in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict, military sources say

Published On: November 9, 2020 07:37 PM NPT By: Reuters

DANSHA, Nov 9: Ethiopia’s leader sought to reassure the world on Monday that his country was not heading for civil war despite an escalating military offensive against the restive Tigray region where security sources say hundreds have died in recent days.

A worried Asia wonders: What will Joe Biden do?

Published On: November 9, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TOKYO, Nov 9: As Asia comes to terms with the reality of a Joe Biden administration, relief and hopes of economic and environmental revival jostle with needling anxiety and fears of inattention.

NEW YORK, Nov 9: Pfizer Inc said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than a million people, battered the world’s economy and upended daily life.

MUMBAI, Nov 9: Indian TV channel Republic TV's Arnab Goswami, who was arrested last week in a 2018 abetment to suicide case, was refused interim relief again this afternoon after he petitioned the Bombay High Court against his arrest and the reopening of the case, media reports said.

Portugal enters state of emergency over virus

Published On: November 9, 2020 05:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LISBON, Portugal, Nov 9: Portugal has entered a state of emergency, with curfews imposed in the areas worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

China holds off on sending congratulations to Biden

Published On: November 9, 2020 03:58 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, Nov 9: China, which has held off on congratulating U.S. presidential election winner Joe Biden even as leaders of other countries have done so, said on Monday it would follow custom in responding to the result.

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Chinese President Xi Jinping has directed the authorities concerned to advance the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway project with high quality.