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No need to panic over new UK coronavirus strain, says India’s health minister
Men walk past a mural of frontline workers amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s health authorities remain vigilant and prepared to deal with a new more transmissible strain of the coronavirus identified in Britain, the country’s health minister said on Monday, …
AIT and TECRO Sign an Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
On December 14, 2020, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) signed a new Science and Technology Agreement (STA) that will strengthen cooperation between the two societies to advance joint understanding on a broad range of science and technology topics. Present at the …
French minister says images of police breaking up refugee camp ‘shocking’ | France
France’s interior minister has described images of police breaking up a refugee camp in central Paris, chasing people down streets and attacking journalists and others with truncheons and teargas as “shocking”. Gérald Darmanin said he had demanded a report on the police operation by lunchtime on Tuesday. “Certain images of the breaking up of an …
Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Mexico’s Ex-Defense Minister, Is Arrested in L.A.
MEXICO CITY — A former Mexican defense minister was arrested on Thursday night after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport with his family, according to the Mexican government, becoming the first high-ranking military official to be taken into custody in the United States in connection with drug-related corruption in his country. The former official, Gen. …
Backing CSIRO to back our science and technology future
The Morrison Government is further investing in science and technology to help businesses to grow and create jobs for Australians, with nearly $460 million in additional funding for the CSIRO. The extra injection of funding in the 2020-21 Budget takes the Government’s total investment in CSIRO to $3.8 billion over the next four years – …
NSW Health Minister blasts Queensland premier; Crews fight Sydney warehouse fire; Health alert over White House event where virus spread; Concerns over new virus clusters in Sydney and Victoria; Albanese delivers budget reply; Trump refuses virtual debate
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the state’s contact tracing teams were still working to lock down the source of the latest infections. But he lashed out at Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk again, slamming her 48-hour deadline which now has just hours to go. “This is a silly, it’s a cruel position that the premier in Queensland …
Science Minister at Foundation for Science and Technology
Thank you. It’s wonderful, genuinely, to be here today to talk about one of our greatest and most significant challenges, which is the levelling up agenda. As you can tell from my accent, I’m not from down South. And as you probably also know from my bio, I don’t have a degree, in fact, I …
UAE industry minister discusses cooperation with Israeli technology minister – state news
Emirati Industry and Advanced Technology Minister Sultan al-Jaber discussed in a virtual meeting with the Israeli minister of science and technology possible collaboration in research and development, and technology transfer, the United Arab Emirates’ state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday. WAM on Tuesday said Al Jaber, who also heads state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil …
Brexit – UK minister: My answer on breaking the law was correct
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s minister for Northern Ireland said on Wednesday his answer last week in parliament saying that the government’s plans broke international law was accurate. Asked on Tuesday if anything in the proposed legislation did breach or potentially breached international legal obligations or arrangements, Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis said: “Yes, …
Coronavirus latest news: Snitch on your neighbours to police if they break ‘rule of six’, says minister
The Government has secured the supply of 60 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate being developed in France. Valneva SE, a specialist vaccine company, announced a “major parternship” with the UK worth around £433 million. The doses will be provided in the second half of 2021. There is an option for the Government to access …
