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Canada’s Largest City Moves Back Into Lockdown
(BBC) Toronto is moving back into lockdown after grim projections show Canada is on the brink of being overwhelmed by Covid-19.
Canada’s largest city will...
Brexit Deal Close To Being Finalised, EU Ambassadors Told
(The Guardian) A trade and security agreement with Britain is close to being finalised but the risk remains of an accidental no-deal Brexit in...
Pfizer Seeking Emergency Use Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine In US
(AP) Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that...
Death toll from Iota slowly rises in Central America amid ongoing rescue efforts
By Gustavo Palencia, Ismael Lopez
TEGUCIGALPA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The death toll from storm Iota is slowly rising in Central America as authorities on Thursday said they...
Ethiopia moves on Tigray capital, castigates WHO boss Tedros
By Giulia Paravicini
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Thursday it was bearing down on the capital of Tigray region in a two-week-old war, and...
Hurricane Iota: At Least Six Killed and 60,000 Evacuated in Nicaragua
(The Guardian) At least six people have been killed and more than 60,000 evacuated after Hurricane Iota struck Nicaragua, prompting Joe Biden to say...
Pfizer Ends COVID-19 Trial With 95% Efficacy, To Seek Emergency-Use Authorization
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc PFE.N said on Wednesday that final results from the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine show it was 95% effective,...
Ethiopia’s PM Vows ‘Final and Crucial’ Offensive In Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister on Tuesday declared “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the...
Moderna Trial Success Gives World More Hope In Race To End Pandemic
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on...
Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Bombs Airports As Conflict Spreads
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray regional government said Saturday it fired rockets at two airports in the neighboring Amhara region as a...
Biden Victory In Arizona Puts Trump’s Longshot Challenge Further Out of Reach
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden cemented his U.S. election victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday, but the official transition...
Lee Cain: Top Boris Johnson aide quits amid infighting at No 10
(BBC) One of Boris Johnson's closest aides, director of communications Lee Cain, has resigned amid reports of internal tensions in Downing Street.
He will leave...
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Special Sitting of National Assembly Recognizes 25 Remarkable Teens
By Devonne Cornelius
St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) — The 2020 edition of The 25 Most Remarkable Teens Award was held at the Rivers of...
Nevis Consumers Benefit From Additional 300,000 Gallons Of Water
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (NOVEMBER 26, 2020) — Water consumers on Nevis are benefitting from an additional 300,000 gallons of water due to the installation...
CFBC Graduating Class Of 2020 Celebrated
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 26, 2020 (SKNIS): The success of students graduating from the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) was celebrated during their Commencement...
Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams Delivers Address to Mark UN’s “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence”
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health and Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island...
Ethiopia’s PM Rejects Dialogue In Meeting With AU Envoys
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed again ruled out dialogue with the leaders of the defiant Tigray region Friday but said...
