Day: December 20, 2020

Britain ends long Brexit journey with economic break from EU

EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears

10:16 pm December 20, 2020

Brussels: Deep into a crucial weekend of negotiations, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain, leaving both without a trade agreement that would dull the edge of a chaotic, costly economic break on New Years Day. With hundreds of thousands of jobs at stake throughout the economy, the tiny sector of fisheries continued […]

Several EU nations halt UK flights, fearing virus variant

10:13 pm December 20, 2020

Berlin: The German government said on Sunday it was planning to restrict travel to and from Britain because of the new coronavirus variant. A government spokesman said Germany is working on a regulation to restrict travel between Germany and Britain to protect the country from the new coronavirus variant. The government said it was in contact with […]

2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US ships out

10:05 pm December 20, 2020

Olive Branch: Initial shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the US left a distribution center on Sunday, a desperately needed boost as the nation works to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control. The trucks left the factory in the Memphis area with the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of […]

Three Army personnel among four killed in Sikkim road accident

10:02 pm December 20, 2020

Gangtok: Four persons, including three Army personnel, were killed on Sunday in a road accident near the Sino-India border at Nathula, a police officer said. East Sikkim‘s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) S P Yellasari said that an Army vehicle skidded from a snow- laden Jawahar Lal Nehru Road at 17th mile near Nathula, and […]

Man on morning walk run over by tanker in Mumbai

9:58 pm December 20, 2020

Mumbai: A 20-year-old man was run over by a tanker during a morning walk on the Siddharth Colony stretch of Eastern Express Highway, police said on Sunday The incident took place on Saturday morning and the deceased has been identified as Shriram Gautam of Rabale in Navi Mumbai, an official said Tanker driver Vinod Kumar […]

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