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United Kingdom scientists anxious vaccines may not work on South African coronavirus variant
The ultimate aim is to vaccinate a minimum of 67% of the population to reach herd immunity by the end of this year. Meanwhile, according to the latest from the Department of Health, South Africa has a cumulative count of 1 100 748 Covid-19 cases with 29 577 deaths and 903 679 recoveries. [Full Article...]
What Scotland’s ‘Stay At Home’ Rules Means For Schools And Its Economy
The schools announcement will mean an extra two weeks of home learning for most children. Yesterday she said she was more concerned with the current situation than with any other she'd faced since the start of the pandemic. And while there is every sign that the public will stick with the new rules , which have legal backing and can and will be enforced by the police, Ms Sturgeon cannot depen... [Full Article...]
Leak Tips Huawei's Next Flagship, the P50 Pro
According to a Sina Tech report , the Huawei P50 series will be "officially equipped" with Harmony OS, the company's homegrown operating system, and the device is expected to launch in Q1 2021. Amid the USA trade ban, Qualcomm received a license on November 13 to sell "a number of products, which includes some 4G products", to Huawei , but that does not cover 5G chips. [Full Article...]
More Contagious Strain Of COVID Makes Mitigation Essential — Surgeon General
As the U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpassed 350,000 Sunday, President Trump claimed the country's fatality count toll was "far exaggerated," an assertion that was quickly refuted by the nation's top infectious-diseases expert. Biden has called for 100 million vaccinations in the first 100 days of his administration that starts with his inauguration January 20. Slaoui said that Operation Warp S... [Full Article...]
Realme V15 with Koi design to be launched on 7 January 2021
The poster has a photo of the device revealing its back cover that has the tagline, "Dare to leap". The first phone under the series was Realme V5. The smartphone will weigh 176 grams. The other details like display size, battery capacity, and the details of the remaining cameras are yet unknown. [Full Article...]
Discovery sets out SVOD stall with 12-country Vodafone partnership
One noticeable missing feature however, is that discovery + doesn't offer the ability to download shows for offline access. David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery . Discovery + is also promising over 150 hours of original content from more than 50 titles on day one. Beginning with the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year, it will become the streaming Home of the Olympics* in Europe with ac... [Full Article...]
Le Mexique offre l’asile politique à Julian Assange
Amnesty International l'a saluée, tout en avertissant qu'elle "n'absout pas le Royaume-Uni de s'être lancé dans cette procédure politiquement motivée". Il revenait à la justice britannique de déterminer si la demande américaine d'extradition respectait un certain nombre de critères légaux, et notamment si elle n'était pas disproportionnée ou incompatible avec les droits humains. [Full Article...]
India fine with strict quarantine for Brisbane Test: Cricket Australia
While he denied hugging Pant, later on, CA and BCCI were alerted regarding the Indian players' recent visit and to look into any possible breach of the strict protocols. "The BCCI and CA are investigating the matter and seeking to determine whether the outing constitutes abreach of bio-security protocols". However, the members of the Queensland government have added to the drama as they said tha... [Full Article...]
Samsung Confirms Galaxy S21 Date: January 14
Meanwhile, the S21 Ultra has a larger curved screen and a quad-lens camera system featuring a single periscope lens with 10MP 10x super-telephoto zoom, alongside a 108MP main sensor, a 12MP ultra wide, and a 10MP 3x telephoto camera. One thing to note, though, is that the Galaxy S21 Ultra won't ship with the S Pen. Samsung Notes lets you adjust your S Pen settings like ink color and thickness, a... [Full Article...]
Sheriff's deputy: 1 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at Texas church
Smith County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Larry Christian confirmed to CNN that a suspect has been taken into custody. A pastor was shot dead with his own gun Sunday after a auto chase suspect who hid from Texas police in a church overnight wrestled the weapon off him and opened fire. [Full Article...]
Fin d'une fête sauvage ayant réuni 2500 personnes malgré l'épidémie — France
Astruc. "L'action de l'Etat, dans sa dimension successive de maintien de l'ordre et de police judiciaire, a permis de mettre fin sans violences à une fête illicite troublant fortement l'ordre public et de conduire une enquête judiciaire propre à éviter toute impunité", a souligné le procureur, estimant que "la véritable autorité de l'Etat réside dans cet équilibre exigeant". [Full Article...]
Uganda to access Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca - Ministry of Health
In a controversial move, the British government this week also made a decision to front-load its vaccine rollout, delivering as many first doses to people as possible - a move that could delay second shots up to 12 weeks. While studies on vaccine mixing could yield interesting developments, he said the theory isn't meant to be part of public policy yet if there is enough access to vaccine products... [Full Article...]
British PM Johnson says tougher restrictions possible in coming weeks
Confirmed cases were higher than 50,000 for the fifth day in a row when United Kingdom figures were released on Saturday with a record-high of 57,725 lab-confirmed cases and another 445 deaths within 28 days of a positive test. "We'll review it and we have the prospect of vaccines coming down the tracks in their tens of millions, offering people literally life and hope". General secretary of the... [Full Article...]
India holds COVID vaccine drills ahead of mass inoculation drive
CDSCO's Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 has endorsed emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Oxford University-Astrazeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate " Covishield ", as per reports. Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is India's first indigenous vaccine for coronavirus . Under the government's plans, second vaccine doses will take place within 12 weeks of the first - rather than the 21 days ini... [Full Article...]
Bordeaux: un adolescent tué, quatre blessés dans une fusillade samedi soir
Un adolescent de 16 ans est décédé des suites de ses blessures. Peu après, un cinquième s'est présenté aux urgences de Bordeaux-Nord. Selon une source policière, dans un bâtiment devant lequel les coups de feu avaient été tirés, les secours ont aussi découvert deux autres adolescents, de 13 ans et 16 ans, blessés par balle également. [Full Article...]
At least 70 killed in attacks on two Niger villages: security source
Around 49 died and 17 were injured in the village of Tchombangou, while another 30 died in Zaroumdareye - both near Niger's western border with Mali, Reuters reports. But the region continues to be affected by ethnic violence, banditry, and human and drug trafficking. Alkache Alhada, Interior Minister said that soldiers were sent to the region for protecting the people. [Full Article...]
Tyler Perry appeals to Georgia voters ahead of the upcoming Senate runoff
Trump continues to reject the results of the 3 November election , despite the US Electoral College vote earlier in December, when Democrat Joe Biden passed the threshold of 270 electoral votes required for him to become president, edging out Trump in a 306-232 vote. [Full Article...]
Des milliers d'Irakiens crient "vengeance" un an après la mort de Soleimani
Puissances agissantes en Irak , les États-Unis et la République islamique d'Iran sont à couteaux tirés et les fortes tensions entre les deux pays ennemis font craindre un conflit ouvert sur le sol irakien. "De nouveaux renseignements en provenance d'Irak indiquent que des agents provocateurs israéliens préparent des attaques contre des Américains , mettant un Trump sortant dans une impasse avec ... [Full Article...]
Tesla poised for global expansion after just missing 2020 target
Tesla shares rose more than 700 per cent a year ago to close December 31 at US$705.67. But the newer Model 3 and Model Y vehicles combined have a significant larger share in the portfolio, with production reaching 454,932 units and deliveries of 442,511 units. [Full Article...]
Senators make final desperate bid to derail certification of Biden's victory
Biden won in the all-important Electoral College by a vote of 306 to 232. A number of Republican members of Congress have said they're going to object to the results, an effort that is poised to fail but that has the support of Vice President Pence . [Full Article...]