England 2 🏴 Denmark 1 🇩🇰 (AET) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | England have beaten Denmark 2-1 in extra time, to clinch a EURO2020 final date with Italy. Harry Kane put away the rebound after Kasper Schmeichel saved his extra-time penalty to take England past Denmark and into the final …
Read More »Haiti president assassinated- interim PM
Unidentified individuals attacked private residence of President Moise overnight and shot him dead, interim PM says. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead, Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a statement early on Wednesday. A group of unidentified individuals attacked the private residence of Haitian …
Read More »WHO recommends new drugs for COVID-19 treatment
Interleukin-6 receptor blockers join corticosteroids on list of effective treatments for severe coronavirus. Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday recommended interleukin-6 receptor blockers for people with severe COVID-19, urging the producers to join efforts to rapidly increase the access to the drugs. The WHO said …
Read More »Italy march on, wait for Denmark or England
Italy 1 (4) Spain 1 (2) London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | In a night that proved more difficult than many expected, Italy still managed to qualify for the final. This came against a brilliant Spanish side that failed to make the most of several chances they created. After failing to …
Read More »Delta coronavirus variant spooking European leaders, vaccines seen as key weapon
Rome, Italy | Xinhua | European countries were speeding up and adjusting their vaccine programs in hopes of stemming the spread of the new Delta variant of the coronavirus and preventing a new wave of infections. Most European countries started easing coronavirus health restrictions in April and May, as infection rates …
Read More »Study finds Delta strain in India 8 times less sensitive to COVID-19 vaccine antibodies
New Delhi, India | Xinhua | A study conducted on 100 healthcare workers across three centers in India has found the Delta variant eight times less sensitive to antibodies generated by the COVID-19 vaccine, a local media report said Monday. The study, named “Sars-Cov-2 B.1.617.2 Deltavariant Emergence and Vaccine Breakthrough: Collaborative …
Read More »Radioactive hybrid pigs reportedly discovered in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster zone
Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Radioactive wild hybrid pigs have emerged near the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone in eastern Japan which suffered a nuclear catastrophe in 2011, according to recent news reports. In a study published Wednesday by the Royal Society journal, the new radioactive swine hybrid was created when wild …
Read More »Cuba sets new record for daily COVID-19 cases, Abdala vaccinations stepped up
Havana, Cuba | Xinhua | Cuba once again set a record for the number of daily cases of COVID-19, with 3,475 infections and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday. The ministry’s director of hygiene and epidemiology, Francisco Duran, said in his …
Read More »Portugal does 100,000 vaccinations daily in fight against Delta Variant
Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | Portugal will accelerate the immunization campaign against COVID-19 to curb the rapid spread of the Delta variant, vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, Portuguese vaccination coordinator, said Saturday. The goal is to vaccinate “about 850,000 people a week” using the “maximum stocks of vaccine” available, …
Read More »Kane the key to England vs Denmark semifinal
Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT | Wembley beckons for Gareth Southgate’s side after a devastating spell at the start of the second half in Rome earned England their most emphatic win at a EURO, and ended Ukraine’s hopes of reaching the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-finals. Having brought in Jadon Sancho and …
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