Category: World

ANKARA – A potential coronavirus vaccine, Ad5-nCoV has been granted limited approval in China.

NEW DELHI – India registered its biggest surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the last 24 hours with 19,906 new patients on Sunday, said the Health Ministry.

BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation announced on Monday that the country’s coronavirus diseases 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine trial has made progress after macaque monkeys which were given the first doses of the candidate vaccine showed satisfactory immune response.

BEIJING – An inactivated coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine candidate developed by the Institute of Medical Biology under the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has entered phase-2 clinical trials in China, the Science and Technology Daily reported Saturday.

ANKARA – A senior Chinese diplomat has met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Chinese media reported Thursday.

BERLIN – German biotech firm CureVac received regulatory approval on Wednesday for human trials of a potential coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine.

ANKARA – The total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 8 million Monday, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University.

BEIJING – Chinese health authority on Sunday said it received reports of 57 new confirmed coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases on the Chinese mainland Saturday, of which 38 were domestically transmitted and 19 were imported.

SEOUL – Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, threatened military action Saturday against South Korea.

ANKARA – A second wave of coronavirus cases is emerging in the US, an expert of Maryland-based Johns Hopkins University warned amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests and state reopenings.

WASHINGTON – Former US president George W. Bush spoke out Tuesday following mass unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd, stressing now is the “time for us to listen.”

LONDON – Thousands of people took to the streets of London Wednesday to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and protest the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died last week after being pinned down by a white police officer in the US state of Minnesota.

ANKARA – The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases worldwide surpassed 6.5 million on Thursday, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University. The data showed that the global death toll from the virus has reached 386,073, with the number of recoveries exceeding 2.8 million. The US remains the worst-hit country by the virus with over 1.85 … Read More

ANKARA – Moving downward for the fourth consecutive month, global food prices hit a 17-month low in May, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.