UK, EU ditch deadline, push Brexit talks
BRUSSELS: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen agreed yesterday to push on with post-Brexit trade talks despite the passing of a self-imposed deadline.
BRUSSELS: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen agreed yesterday to push on with post-Brexit trade talks despite the passing of a self-imposed deadline.
KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, while registrations to receive the shots have already begun on the health ministry website. But there are some doubts and uneasiness in the hearts and minds of people.
KUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, a ministry official announced. A joint committee of the medicine registration and supervision department and the public health department for the evaluation and registration of vaccines approved emergency use of the vaccine, Dr Abdullah Al-Bader, Assistant Undersecretary for Pharmaceutical and Food Supervision, said in a statement.
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health said yesterday 174 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, while no deaths were reported.
WASHINGTON: The US Senate approved and President Donald Trump signed a one-week budget stopgap Friday that avoids a government shutdown and allows lawmakers to continue negotiations over getting pandemic relief to millions of Americans.
LONDON: Britain is to end government funding for fossil fuel projects overseas, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday, on the eve of an international climate change summit.
KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait participated in the ‘Investing in Kuwait’ virtual forum, the third in a series of digital briefing events held from London Silicon Valley, and online.
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reiterated the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines as the country has opened online registration to the public for vaccination against the deadly virus. The new service, available via a link on the Ministry’s website, went operational Thursday, allowing people to register in order to be inoculated at a future date to be determined later.
SIPPOLA, Finland: On a barren expanse of bog in southeast Finland the size of 180 football pitches, Taisto Raussi’s yellow harvester hoovers up a thin layer of rich peat and deposits it in a heap, to be sold as fuel.
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