LONDON: The UK has stripped China’s state-owned TV channel of its broadcasting licence in the country, after an investigation found the licence holder lacked editorial control and had links to China’s ruling Communist Party. The communications regulator, Ofcom, said Thursday it revoked the UK licence for China Global Television Network, or CGTN, an international English […]
“We will do that at a time and a manner of our choosing,” Jake Sullivan said. (File) Washington: President Joe Biden’s top security advisor said Thursday the United States will take action against Russia for interfering with US elections, for poisoning opposition figure Alexei Navalny and for other “malign” behavior. “Unlike the previous administration, we […]
China and Russia opposed this wording, according to diplomats. United Nations, United States: The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced “deep concern” over the military’s coup in Myanmar, and called in a draft statement for the “release of all detainees” including Aung San Suu Kyi. But the statement, written by the United Kingdom, no longer […]
“It is absolutely crucial, for us to be able to restart Danish society,” the finance minister said. Stockholm, Sweden: Sweden on Thursday announced it would start the development of digital vaccine certificates, to be used for travel and potentially more, following a similar move by Denmark a day earlier. The two Nordic countries both said […]
UK government has announced plans for the deployment of a new Carrier Strike Group. London: The UK government has announced plans for the deployment of a new Carrier Strike Group led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth later this year as part of its “renewed focus” on the Indo-Pacific region, following talks with Japan. UK […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said that China’s Sinopharm vaccine is not effective for people over 60 years of age, a day after it began its countrywide coronavirus vaccination programme with the Chinese jabs. China donated half a million doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Pakistan which sent a special plane to airlift the jabs on Monday. […]
The Neasden Temple has been running awareness campaign to address doubts and myths around jabs. (File) London: The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in London, one of UK’s largest temples known as Neasden Temple, has opened a new vaccination centre to aid the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines being administered by the National Health Service (NHS). UK […]
The WHO experts have visited a number of high-profile sites linked to the pandemic origins. Beijing, China: World Health Organization inspectors had “very frank” discussions with Chinese scientists about the source of the pandemic, including theories it leaked from a laboratory, the head of the probe in Wuhan told AFP Thursday. The talks covered famous […]
The Bangladeshi company last week received 5 million of the 30 million doses it had ordered from SII Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Thursday the Serum Institute of India (SII) had delayed the first supplies of a COVID-19 vaccine for private sale, instead prioritising government immunisation campaigns. Beximco is Bangladesh’s exclusive distributor of the […]
Peter Daszak, a zoologist said there was no evidence to suggest the virus emerged from a lab. Wuhan, China: A member of the World Health Organization-led team searching for clues to the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said work was needed to try to trace genetic elements of the virus […]
