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Tensions rise as AstraZeneca, EU hold vaccine delivery talks

7:42 pm January 27, 2021

Brussels: The European Union‘s dispute with AstraZeneca intensified Wednesday with the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker denying the EU’s assertion that it had pulled out of talks on vaccine supplies. AstraZeneca said in a statement that it still planned to meet with EU officials in Brussels later in the day. The comments came after EU officials said the company had informed the […]

John Kerry thanks Europe for keeping climate efforts going

11:15 pm January 21, 2021

Washington: US climate envoy John Kerry thanked Europeans on Thursday for keeping up the fight to slow global warming during the Trump administration and said the US must recover lost time in the effort. Kerry spoke remotely to an Italian climate meeting, in his first international address for the Biden administration. He said the United States was returning to the Paris climate accord with humility and ambition. President Joe Biden signed […]

5 dead of suspected gas leak in Italian nursing home

7:47 pm January 16, 2021

Milan : Five elderly residents of a nursing home near Rome have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning and another five residents and two workers have been hospitalised in serious condition, Italian media reported Saturday. Firefighters confirmed the deadly incident in the town of Lanuvio, with the hypothesis of a gas leak. A worker in the home found the residents […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

German regional spy chief fired over Christmas attack probe

10:37 pm January 13, 2021

Berlin: The domestic intelligence chief in Germany‘s northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has been fired over his agency’s failure to pass on information about a 2016 truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that killed 12 people. German news agency dpa reported that Reinhard Mueller was removed from his post Wednesday. Mueller had told lawmakers that his agency did not […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Jubilant Foodworks to acquire 10.76 pc stake in Barbeque-Nation Hospitality for Rs 92 crore

4:36 pm December 31, 2020

New Delhi: Jubilant Foodworks Ltd (JFL), which operates fastfood chains Domino’s Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts in India, on Thursday said it will invest Rs 92 crore into Barbeque-Nation Hospitality Ltd (BNHL) for a 10.76 per cent equity stake. ”The company has entered into a share subscription agreement to acquire equity shares and a restated shareholders’ […]