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UK to ease lockdown further in England from April 12 Published : 06 Apr 2021, 00:42   DF News Desk Staff members stand outside an NHS (National Health Service) COVID-19 Vaccination Center at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, on March 31, 2021. File Photo: Xinhua. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed that from April 12, non-essential shops will reopen and pubs and restaurants will reopen outdoors as Britain moves to step two of the roadmap out of the COVID l...

Turkey reports record 44,756 daily COVID-19 cases, 4th wave hits Iran Published : 04 Apr 2021, 00:18   DF News Desk A nurse prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Ankara, Turkey, on April 1, 2021. Photo: Xinhua. Turkey on Saturday reported the highest daily count of 44,756 coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the fourth wave of COVID-19 resurgence has been registered in two provinces, reported Xinhua. Among the new cases recorded in Turkey, 1,483...

UK PMs adviser quits amid row over race report Published : 02 Apr 2021, 00:36   DF News Desk File Photo Xinhua. British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons senior adviser on race is to resign amid the intense debate over Downing Streets controversial report on racial disparities in Britain, reported Xinhua, quoting local media on Thursday. Samuel Kasumu, Johnsons special adviser for civil society and communities, will leave his role in May and has informed colleagues of his decision o...

New female leaders in intl trade inspire women to enter the game Published : 08 Mar 2021, 09:31   DF News Desk This combo picture shows Pamela Coke-Hamilton (L), executive director of the International Trade Centre; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (M), director-general of the World Trade Organization and Isabelle Durant (R), acting secretary-general of UNCTAD. Photo: United Nations via Xinhua. One week into her new job as the seventh director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngoz...

Womens leadership under threat by COVID-19 pandemic: Data Published : 08 Mar 2021, 23:33   DF News Desk Contestants attend a race to mark the International Womens Day held in Zhodzina, Belarus, March 8, 2021. Photo: Xinhua. The latest data published Monday by UN Women, a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women, shows that womens rights and leadership are under threat, even more due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Xinhua. Current projections show that gender eq...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, held their first telephone conversation on Thursday since the latter...

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on Wednesday received the Chinese COVID-19 Sinovac vaccine along with Turkey's advisory science council members,...

Britain and the European Union (EU) have started a new chapter in their relationship as the Brexit transition period ended...

Iran on Tuesday started the human trials of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, the tally of Turkey's coronavirus cases surpassed...