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[ad_1] Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. File pic/Reuters From the swirling partygate controversy to the tussle among Conservative leaders to possibly replace Boris Johnson, a roundup of what’s making news at this time. News18.com London Last Updated:January 13, 2022, 19:39 IST FOLLOW US ON: Playing safe: It is perhaps right that Chancellor of […]

[ad_1] France said it will ease coronavirus curbs introduced last month on travellers from Britain, enabling vaccinated tourists to visit from Friday providing they have a negative test. The government has decided to end a blanket ban on non-essential travel, announced on December 16 when “the epidemic was spreading at a spectacular rate in the

[ad_1] The Kremlin said Thursday that any US sanctions targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin personally would cross a line and could lead to a “rupture of ties”. On Wednesday, senators from US President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party threatened major consequences if Russia invaded Ukraine, including sanctions on Putin and Russian banks as well as $500

[ad_1] Biopharmaceutical multinational AstraZeneca on Thursday said the preliminary analysis of ongoing safety and immunogenicity trial has indicated that Vaxzevria, when given as a third dose booster, increased antibody response to the Omicron variant. The study also noted that the booster dosage of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria also increased the immune response to Beta,

[ad_1] AstraZeneca said on Thursday preliminary data from a trial it conducted on its COVID-19 shot, Vaxzevria, showed it generated a higher antibody response against the Omicron variant and others, including Beta, Delta, Alpha and Gamma, when given as a third booster dose. The increased response was seen in people who were previously vaccinated with

[ad_1] The US, which had already been ravaged by the Delta variant, is now going through another wave of infections after the emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. According to a report, the number of Americans hospitalised with Covid-19 has surpassed last winter’s peak, highlighting the seriousness of the threat the virus continues to

[ad_1] A poll among US residents found that only 33% approve of President Joe Biden’s work. (Photo: AP) As for the likelihood of another attack in the United States like the one on Congress, 53 percent of those polled said it was very or somewhat likely. AFP Last Updated:January 13, 2022, 09:47 IST FOLLOW US

[ad_1] A day after Canada’s Quebec province decided to levy tax on the unvaccinated, the province’s health minister on Wednesday said that appointments for vaccination have shot up drastically. The Minister took to Twitter to share the “encouraging” news. “It’s encouraging! (SIC),” Christian Dube wrote in his tweet, revealing that booking of slots for vaccination

[ad_1] A woman identified only as Ms Wang last week posted on the Chinese social media platform WeChat that she had gotten locked down with her date after visiting his house for a meal. She said in the post that she had recently returned to Zhengzhou from Guangzhou in preparation for the Lunar New Year.

[ad_1] Attorneys for a woman who left her Alabama home to join the Islamic State terror group plan to continue fighting for her and her young son even though the Supreme Court declined to consider her lawsuit seeking to re-enter the United States, one of the lawyers said Wednesday. Hoda Muthana and her 4-year-old child,