Indoor Dining Resumes in N.Y.C.
Statewide, restaurants are still required to close by 10 p.m. Without giving a clear metric, Mr. Cuomo has said that the state will continue to look at average test positivity rates and respond accordingly. Since the winter holidays, the city’s seven-day positivity rate has steadily dropped. As of Tuesday, it was 8.14 percent. Earlier this […]
Israel PM Netanyahu pleads not guilty as corruption trial resumes
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to court and pleaded not guilty to corruption charges as his trial enters an intensified phase six weeks before an election. The Monday hearing, which was pushed back multiple times because of coronavirus restrictions, is where he has to deliver his formal response to the allegations. Subsequent sessions […]
Pence says ‘violence never wins,’ McConnell decries ‘attempted insurrection’ as Congress resumes electoral count
WASHINGTON: A woman has died after being shot on Wednesday during the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, a spokeswoman for the Washington police department said.No other details were available, the spokeswoman said. It remained unclear who shot the woman.Hundreds of Trump supporters entered the Capitol on Wednesday in a […]
Saudi Arabia reopens borders, resumes international flights
Riyadh had shut its borders on December 21 after a new strain of the coronavirus was discovered in the UK. Saudi Arabia has announced it will reopen its borders and resume international flights after a two-week suspension aimed at containing the spread of the new COVID-19 strain. The kingdom ordered the lifting of “precautionary measures […]
India farmers’ protests: Gov’t resumes talks with farmers
Indian government ministers began talks with farmers’ leaders on Thursday to try and break a deadlock over laws passed earlier this year seeking to deregulate the agriculture sector that have ignited the country’s biggest farm protests in years. Tens of thousands of growers have camped outside the capital, New Delhi, in protest against the laws […]
Jamal Khashoggi killing: Turkey’s trial of Saudi suspects resumes #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi sparked international outrage and tarnished the image of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. A Turkish court will resume the trial in absentia of 20 Saudi officials on Tuesday for the gruesome killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old Washington Post newspaper columnist and prominent critic of Saudi Arabia’s […]
AstraZeneca resumes COVID vaccine trial, J&J could restart soon #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The trials were halted in the United States after participants became ill. AstraZeneca Plc, the U.K. drugmaker developing a coronavirus vaccine with the University of Oxford, has been cleared by U.S. regulators to restart a trial halted in the country for more than a month on concerns about a volunteer who became ill, according to […]
Saudi Arabia resumes prayers at Mecca’s Grand Mosque #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Citizens and residents will be allowed to perform daily prayers at the Grand Mosque for the first time in seven months. Saudi Arabia is allowing its citizens and residents inside the kingdom to perform daily prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, for the first time in seven months. Sunday […]