By September next year, the total distribution of the initial 200 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine that has been developed by Pfizer and BioNTech would be completed across the European Union, said reports quoting a spokesman for the EU… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Europe Aims To End Pandemic With Roll Out Of Mass Vaccination
Europe initiated a continent wide vaccination programme against Covid-19 at an unprecedented scale on Sunday with the aim of ending the pandemic that had taken a heavy toll on economies and killed more than 1.7 million people globally. Contracts with… Read More ›
Little Progress For UK’s Large Financial Sector Made In The UK-EU Trade Deal
Even though a post-Brexit deal on trade has been agreed between the United Kingdom and the European Union to govern trade relationship between the two trading partners, a decision on granting access to the bloc’s financial market to British firms… Read More ›
New Report Says Chinese Economy To Become Largest In The World By 2028
A new report by the think tank of the United Kingdom has stated that the economic response from China to combat the economic fall out of the novel coronavirus pandemic has created a situation that it can now become the… Read More ›
Turkey wants better ties with Israel: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
On Friday, in a development that marks a change in Turkey’s stance towards Israel, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he wants Ankara to have better ties with Israel even as talks at the intelligence level continues between the two countries…. Read More ›
Britain & EU clinch narrow trade deal
In a significant development, negotiators from the European and the UK have clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal, just seven days before Britain is set to leave the world’s biggest trade bloc. The deal offers Britain a way out of… Read More ›
EU-UK on the cusp of Brexit deal
On Thursday, in a significant development, the European Union and Britain are on the cusp of striking a trade deal potentially overcoming a cliffhanger Brexit. Britain’s Brexit has dealt a blow to pioneering efforts to bring together a unity among… Read More ›
Continuing UK Border Chaos Prompts Lufthansa To Airlift Fresh Food To England
As the threat of shortages of food and other vital supplies loomed large due to a continuation of chaos at the UK-French border, Germany’s Lufthansa operated a special cargo flight to England for delivering fruit and vegetables on Wednesday. A… Read More ›
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine authorised for use by European Commission
Even as the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic is sweeping through many regions of Europe, the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has been now approved by the European Commission earlier this week. The approval has been… Read More ›
Brexit trade deal possible by Wednesday: ITV’s political editor Robert Peston
On Wednesday, ITV’s political editor stated a Brexit trade deal could potentially be on the cards following both sides making progress on fishing rights; the tweet follows another tweet which said there was no chance of an accord before Christmas…. Read More ›