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Fears of fresh food shortages mount as UK faces isolation
Britain could face a shortage of fresh produce and greens due to transport chaos at the border as tortuous Brexit talks linger ...Snow continues to fall on Northeast US, with vaccines in tow
Snow continued to fall Thursday during a key period in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the start of the U.S. vaccination campaign ...Explosion rocks Singapore-flagged tanker off Saudi port
An explosion rocked a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah Monday, the vessel’s owner said, in the latest ...UN fears for Eritrean refugees caught in Ethiopia conflict
The United Nations and rights groups have expressed growing alarm over the plight of Eritrean refugees caught in the conflict in Ethiopia, ...Turkey condemns seizure of vessel by east Libyan forces
Turkey on Tuesday condemned the interception of one of its ships by eastern-based Libyan forces in the Mediterranean, saying it must be ...Mount Everest grows by nearly a metre to new height
The highest point on Earth got a bit higher Tuesday as China and Nepal finally agreed on a precise elevation for Mount ...UK starts mass Covid vaccination programme
Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot outside ...UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world
Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use and said that it ...Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is reportedly being flown by United Airlines chartered flights to distribution hubs, ...
As drugmaker Pfizer seeks regulatory approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, shipments have already begun making their way to distribution centers via United ...Hong Kong, Singapore to allow travel to each other without quarantines from November 22
A travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will begin on Nov. 22, the two cities announced on Wednesday, as they moved ...