At least 45 people were crushed to death and more than 100 injured in the disaster on the slopes of Israel’s Mount Meron, which occurred overnight between Thursday and Friday. Reuters | , Jerusalem PUBLISHED ON MAY 01, 2021 02:40 PM IST A number of US citizens are among the dozens killed or injured in a stampede at a Jewish religious festival in Israel, a US Embassy spokesperson said on Saturday.At least 45 people were crushed to death and more than 100 injured in the disaster on the slopes of Israel’s Mount Meron, which occurred overnight between Thursday and Friday.”We…
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The country has administered 240,159,677 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 308,774,155 doses. Reuters | , Washington PUBLISHED ON MAY 01, 2021 01:24 PM IST The United States has fully vaccinated 101,407,318 people for COVID-19 as of Friday morning, accounting for 30.5% of the population, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.The country has administered 240,159,677 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 308,774,155 doses.Those figures are up from the 237,360,493 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by Thursday out of 305,478,495 doses delivered.The agency said 144,894,586 people…
Harris said she hasn’t spoken to her family in India since the news of the ban was made public. PTI | , Washington PUBLISHED ON MAY 01, 2021 01:18 PM IST Vice President Kamala Harris has described the coronavirus situation in India as “tragic” and said the US has made a commitment to support the country in battling the challenge.“There is no question that it is a great tragedy, in terms of the loss of life, and as I have said before, and I will say again, we as a country have made a commitment to the people of India…
Pakistan has seen record deaths in recent days from the coronavirus, and stricter restrictions on movement and gathering in public are planned for the upcoming Eid holiday. Reuters | , Islamabad UPDATED ON MAY 01, 2021 01:04 PM IST Pakistan plans to reduce the number of inbound international flights to 20% of current numbers to curb rising Covid-19 cases, the official body overseeing the country’s pandemic response said on Saturday.”In view of prevailing global and regional disease trends, Pakistan has decided to reduce inbound international travel from 5 May to 20th May,” said the National Command Operation Center (NCOC), which…
Protesters against military rule marched in Myanmar on Saturday three months after a coup ended a democratic transition, with several small blasts compounding a sense of crisis that a UN envoy warned could bring state administration to a halt.The military has tried to end dissent and impose its authority on a people largely opposed to the return of rule by the generals after 10 years of democratic reforms that included a government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.Despite a relentless crackdown in which at least 759 protesters have been killed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners…
The town of Hartlepool in northeast England is the kind of place a Conservative prime minister would ordinarily struggle to find support.One of the most deprived areas of the UK, the blue-collar port saws its steel industry collapse in the 1970s and 80s and the unemployment rate remains among the highest in the country. Politically, it’s backed the Labour Party at every UK election for almost half a century. But then came Brexit.Hartlepool holds a vote on May 6 that will be a critical test for Prime Minister Boris Johnson after his landslide victory in 2019 paved the way to…
Canada health authorities have halted the distribution of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in the country after it emerged that an active ingredient was made at an American facility that has been flagged by the US’ Food and Drugs Administration.Canada received 300,000 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Janssen,a pharmaceutical owned by J&J, on April 28. However, in a statement released on Friday, Health Canada said these were being withheld and “will only be released for distribution” once it “is satisfied that they meet the department’s high standards for quality, safety and efficacy”.This move came after Health Canada…
The United States formally begins withdrawing its last troops from Afghanistan on Saturday, bringing its longest war nearer to an end but also heralding an uncertain future for a country in the tightening grip of an emboldened Taliban.US officials on the ground say the withdrawal is already a work in progress — and May 1 is just a continuation — but Washington has made an issue of the date because it is a deadline agreed with the Taliban in 2020 to complete the pullout.The skies above Kabul and nearby Bagram airbase have been buzzing with more US helicopter activity than…
The authorization comes as the world works to ramp up its coronavirus vaccinations to significantly curb the pandemic over a year after it broke out in Wuhan, China. ANI | , Geneva PUBLISHED ON MAY 01, 2021 10:53 AM IST The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday listed the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, adding another shot to its arsenal in the fight against the coronavirus.According to The Hill, the shot from Moderna joins shots from Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-SK Bio, Serum Institute of India and Janssen on WHO’s list of emergency use vaccines.”Today, WHO listed the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine (mRNA…
University students, some academics and journalists will be exempted from US restrictions on travel from India that go into effect from May 4 because of the surge in Covid-19 cases.Antony Blinken, secretary of state, made these exemptions by extending National Interest Exceptions already in place for travel from Brazil, China, Iran and South Africa, the state department said.“In keeping with the department of state’s commitment to facilitate legitimate travel to the United States, secretary Blinken decided today to apply the same set of National Interest Exceptions to India that he had previously applied to all other regional travel restrictions currently…