Category: FOREIGN

Second Covid vaccine set for US approval

Second Covid vaccine set for US approval

Dec 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A second coronavirus vaccine is nearing emergency approval in the US after it was endorsed by ... Read More

Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed election lawsuit

Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed election lawsuit

Dec 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four ... Read More

US Pfizer COVID vaccine approved for emergency use

US Pfizer COVID vaccine approved for emergency use

Dec 12, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The ... Read More

India shutdown as farmers protest against reforms

India shutdown as farmers protest against reforms

Dec 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A country-wide strike by farmers in India has begun amid a standoff with the government over ... Read More

First people in UK due to get COVID vaccine

First people in UK due to get COVID vaccine

Dec 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The first people in the UK are set to receive a coronavirus jab on what ... Read More

COVID patients die due to oxygen shortage in Peshawar

COVID patients die due to oxygen shortage in Peshawar

Dec 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Six coronavirus patients have died in a hospital in Pakistan after oxygen supplies ran too low. ... Read More

‘Mystery’ illness puts hundreds in hospital

‘Mystery’ illness puts hundreds in hospital

Dec 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  At least one person has died and 227 have been hospitalised by an unidentified illness in ... Read More

Italy bans Christmas travel between regions

Italy bans Christmas travel between regions

Dec 4, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Italy is banning travel between its regions from 21 December to 6 January as part of ... Read More

Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100-days

Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100-days

Dec 4, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his ... Read More

‘Stay home,’ says US Mayor at Mexico beach resort

‘Stay home,’ says US Mayor at Mexico beach resort

Dec 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A US mayor who flew off by private jet on holiday while urging residents to stay ... Read More

Chinese step up attempts to influence Biden team

Chinese step up attempts to influence Biden team

Dec 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Chinese agents have stepped up their efforts to influence President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration, a US ... Read More

Canada, struggling to control a second wave of COVID 19

Canada, struggling to control a second wave of COVID 19

Dec 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS |  CANADA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Tuesday that a second wave of the coronavirus was compromising ... Read More

COVID 19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use next week in UK

COVID 19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use next week in UK

Dec 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | UK) - The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, ... Read More

New Zealand Officials charge 13 parties over tragedy

New Zealand Officials charge 13 parties over tragedy

Nov 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   New Zealand's health and safety authorities have filed charges against 13 parties over last year's ... Read More

Australia demands China apologise for posting ‘Repugnant’ fake image

Australia demands China apologise for posting ‘Repugnant’ fake image

Nov 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Australia has demanded China apologise for posting a fake picture on a government Twitter account that ... Read More