Category: FOREIGN

South Africa asks Indian maker of AstraZeneca vaccine to take back 1 million doses

South Africa asks Indian maker of AstraZeneca vaccine to take back 1 million doses

Feb 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The South African Government has asked drugmaker Serum Institute of India (SII) to take back the ... Read More

Melbourne and Auckland to end snap COVID lockdowns

Melbourne and Auckland to end snap COVID lockdowns

Feb 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The Australian state of Victoria and the New Zealand city of Auckland will both exit snap ... Read More

Another new Coronavirus variant seen in the UK

Another new Coronavirus variant seen in the UK

Feb 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Scientists have identified another new variant of coronavirus in the UK with some potentially troubling mutations. ... Read More

First travellers arrive for UK hotel quarantine

First travellers arrive for UK hotel quarantine

Feb 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The first travellers required to stay at quarantine hotels have begun arriving in the UK. All ... Read More

Independent Commission to investigate Capitol riots

Independent Commission to investigate Capitol riots

Feb 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an "outside, independent" commission to investigate the ... Read More

Solving COVID easy compared with climate – Gates

Solving COVID easy compared with climate – Gates

Feb 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Fifty-one billion and zero - the two numbers Bill Gates says you need to know ... Read More

Myanmar troops on the streets amid crackdown fears

Myanmar troops on the streets amid crackdown fears

Feb 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Small groups of protesters have begun to gather in Myanmar, despite the armoured vehicles which have ... Read More

Why Canada is falling behind in Covid vaccinations

Why Canada is falling behind in Covid vaccinations

Feb 13, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Canada has secured the world's largest number of potential Covid vaccine doses per capita - but ... Read More

Melbourne to lock down with fans barred from Open

Melbourne to lock down with fans barred from Open

Feb 12, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The Australian state of Victoria will enter lockdown for a third time in a bid ... Read More

China bans BBC World News from broadcasting

China bans BBC World News from broadcasting

Feb 12, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator ... Read More

Nepal bans India climbers for fake Everest summit

Nepal bans India climbers for fake Everest summit

Feb 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Nepal has banned two Indian climbers and their team leader for six years from mountaineering in ... Read More

US announces sanctions on Myanmar coup leaders

US announces sanctions on Myanmar coup leaders

Feb 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   US President Joe Biden has approved an executive order to impose sanctions on the leaders ... Read More

COVID lab leak in China ‘Extremely unlikely’ – WHO

COVID lab leak in China ‘Extremely unlikely’ – WHO

Feb 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  International experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus ... Read More

US Senate votes to continue with Trump impeachment

US Senate votes to continue with Trump impeachment

Feb 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The US Senate has found that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is ... Read More

Virginia votes to abolish death penalty

Virginia votes to abolish death penalty

Feb 6, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Lawmakers in the US state of Virginia have voted to abolish use of the death penalty ... Read More