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WHO convenes emergency committee early over coronavirus variants – Times of India
GENEVA: The World Health Organization's emergency committee will meet two weeks early on Thursday to discuss the new coronavirus variants from South Africa and Britain that have rapidly spread to at least 50 countries and sparked…
Scottish nationalists set for record majority, boosting independence push – Times of India
LONDON: Scottish nationalists are on course to win a record majority in elections for Scotland's devolved parliament that would start a new push for independence, an opinion poll published on Thursday showed. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's…
Covid-19: China denies entry to two WHO team members after tests, WSJ says – Times of India
BEIJING: China denied entry to two members of a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the novel coronavirus after both tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies, the Wall Street Journal reported. Chinese officials…
Hong Kong emigration to Britain could mean $36bn capital outflow – Times of India
A family at Hong Kong airport hugs friends who are seeing them off before emigrating to Scotland (Reuters)HONG KONG: Hong Kong residents leaving the city to move to Britain could trigger capital outflows of HK$280 billion ($36 billion)…
WHO expert team arrives in Wuhan to begin investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic –…
A single scientific visit is unlikely to confirm the origins; it could take years of genetic analysis and epidemiological studies to find an answer.…
Indonesian aircraft that crashed went from zero flights to 132 in less than a month – World…
Like most commercial airlines, Sriwijaya Air was forced to scale back operations in the pandemic. At one point it was down to operating just five of its 18 planes…
Trump considering lawyer who spoke at rally for impeachment defence: Sources – Times of India
President Donald Trump may hire a law professor who spoke at his rally before the riot at the US Capitol to help defend him in an impeachment trial over a charge that he incited the violence, according to two people familiar with the…
South Korea’s top court upholds 20-year jail term for ex-president Park Geun-hye in bribery…
Park was convicted of colluding with her longtime confidante, Choi Soon-sil, to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from some of the country's largest business groups, including Samsung…
Historic snowfall chills Madrid slum to the bones – Times of India
MADRID: "We're not animals but dogs live better than us," sighs Lidia Arribas, who lives without electricity in a vast slum near Madrid where temperatures hit historic lows this week. Days after its heaviest snowfall in 50 years, Madrid…
WHO team arrives in Wuhan as China reports first virus death in months – Times of India
WUHAN: A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start a highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first death from Covid-19 in eight months. The 10…