LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain yesterday became the first country to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, hoping that rapid action will help it stem a record surge of infections driven by a highly contagious form of the virus.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow yesterday to President Donald Trump’s bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans, declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to $2,000 from $600.
LONDON/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – British lawmakers approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union yesterday, as both sides looked to begin a new chapter of relations just days before their divorce becomes a reality.
(Reuters) – Dawn Wells, who parlayed her girl-next-door charm and wholesome beauty into enduring TV fame as the sweet-natured desert island castaway Mary Ann on the classic 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died on Wednesday at age 82, her publicist said.
ADEN, (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport yesterday, moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain today became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, hoping that rapid action would help it stem a surge of infections driven by a highly contagious variant of the virus.
NEWLYN, England, (Reuters) – For England’s fishermen, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal is a betrayal because it allows some European Union boats continued access to Britain’s rich inshore coastal waters.
LUCKNOW, (Reuters) – Over 100 retired senior civil servants and diplomats urged the Hindu nationalist leader of Uttar Pradesh state to repeal a new law criminalising forced religious conversion of brides, warning in an open letter that it risked fuelling communal tensions.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell yesterday put off a vote on increasing COVID-19 relief checks from $600 to $2,000 and urged senators to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defence bill, in a rare challenge to his fellow Republican three weeks before Trump leaves office.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic space-inspired looks upended catwalk styles in the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 98, France’s Fine Arts Academy said.
WILMINGTON, Del./LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The first known U.S. case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant was detected in Colorado yesterday as President-elect Joe Biden warned it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated for the virus at current distribution rates.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received a COVID-19 vaccination live on television today, as the incoming Biden administration seeks to boost confidence in the inoculation even while warning it will be months before it is available to all.
WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla., (Reuters) – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks yesterday, sending the measure on to an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled Senate.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – A Saudi court yesterday sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it had administered 2,127,143 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of yesterday morning and had distributed 11,445,175 doses.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – A Saudi court today sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison, her family and local media said, in a trial that has drawn international condemnation as Riyadh faces renewed U.S.