International Affairs
Israel has given vaccinations against coronavirus to more than one million people, the highest rate in the world, as global immunisation efforts step up.
ෆයිසර් - බයෝඑන්ටෙක් කොවිඞ් මර්දන එන්නත හදිසි භාවිතය සඳහා සුදුසු බවට ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය ලැයිස්තුගත කර තිබෙනවා. එම සංවිධානය සඳහන් කළේ මෙලෙස ෆයිසර් - බයෝඑන්ටෙක් කොවිඞ් මර්දන එන්නතෙහි වලංගු භාවය ප‍්‍රකාශයට පත් කිරීම තුළින් එන්නත ආනයනය කිරීම සහ අනුමත කිරීමේ කි‍්‍රයාවලීන් කඩිනම් කිරීමට රටවල්වලට අවස්ථාව හිමි වන බවයි.
LONDON - Britain became the first country to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed jointly by Oxford University and AstraZeneca Wednesday. Scientists say the vaccine could be a game changer in the global fight against the pandemic.
Russian authorities assured that it is ready to share all the necessary scientific data with Sri Lanka and to hold a series of further discussions to ensure the Sri Lankan party possesses the full spectrum of information.
The world’s 7.8 billion people are bidding a hearty farewell to 2020 without the usual fanfare and public gatherings because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Britain and the EU signed a post-Brexit trade deal Wednesday, sealing their drawn-out divorce in the closing hours before the UK definitively ends its half-century European experiment.
චීනය ක්‍රමානුකූලව ඇමරිකාවේ සැපයුම් යාන්ත්‍රණයේ හැසිරවීම තමන් වෙත නතුකරගෙන ඇති බව ඇමරිකානු නිදහස් ආර්ථික ව්‍යාපෘතිය නම් විශේඥ උපදේශන ආයතනය සදහන් කරයි.
WASHINGTON - The vaccination of Americans against the coronavirus is off to a halting start.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) assured that a qualified vaccine could be made available for Sri Lanka by March, next year, and the Sri Lankan health authorities have stepped in accordingly to improve cold chain requirements for the storage of doses ahead of inoculation, an official said yesterday.
Just weeks before taking office, the incoming U.S. administration of President-elect Joe Biden has received an unwelcome housewarming gift from the European Union in the form of a wide-ranging investment treaty agreed to in principle between the EU and China.
Reaffirming the cordial relationship that has always existed between Egypt and Sri Lanka, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has extended his heartfelt best wishes and greetings to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka for 2021. The full text of the message of greetings follows:
පසුගිය නතතල් දිනයේ දී බෙල්ජියමේ ඇන්ට්ටර්ස් නගරයේ වැඩිහිටි නිවාසයකට තෑගි බෙදා දීමට ගිය නත්තල් සීයකු නිසා එම නිවාසයේ රැඳී සිටි එකසිය පනස් හත් දෙනකුට කොරෝනා ආසාදනය වී තිබේ. ඉන් දහ අට දෙනකු මේ වන විටත් මරණයට පත් වී තිබේ.
Reuters: A 45-year-old nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine, an ABC News affiliate reported (bit.ly/2L8iBel) on Tuesday.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - The international community’s efforts to compel North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program came to a halt in 2020 following the breakdown of US-led negotiations and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. And while fears that Pyongyang would show its frustration by conducting another nuclear or ICBM test never came to fruition, much of Seoul’s inroads with the regime literally went up in smoke.
Sri Lanka Ambassador- designate to Dr. Palitha Kohona said that China presented a vast opportunity to Sri Lanka given its surging economy, astounding advancements in science and technology and agriculture.
Streamlining the recruitment process of migrant workers from Sri Lanka (SL) and preventing human trafficking was focused on during the fourth Sri Lanka – Oman Joint Technical Committee on Labour and Training recently, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for young children. The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, released Tuesday, recommend feeding only breast milk for at least six months and no added sugar for children under age 2.
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