International

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Spanish King on a 10-day quarantine after close contact with a positive case

  

  Spain's King Felipe VI started 10 days of quarantine on Monday after coming into close contact with someone who later tested positive for the new coronavirus, a Royal House source said.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Finnish M/S Viking Grace rescued from the Aland islands shores returns to port

  

  A passenger ferry that ran aground in heavy winds in a Baltic Sea archipelago between Finland and Sweden was dragged off the shore and towed early Sunday to a port, where some of its over 300 passengers disembarked.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 18:25 UTC

  Chinese submersible exploring the Mariana Trench, the deepest valley on the planet

  

  China live-streamed footage of its new manned submersible parked at the bottom of the Mariana Trench on Friday, part of a historic mission into the deepest underwater valley on the planet.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:27 UTC

  US withdraws from Open Skies Treaty, Democrats criticize the decision

  

  The US has withdrawn from the Open Skies Treaty due to non-compliance by Russia, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday, making good on a planned move by the outgoing Trump administration.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Britain and Canada announce a new trade deal, the new formal pact will be negotiated next year

  

  Canada and Britain have struck a new trade deal, beating the Dec. 31 Brexit deadline that would have triggered new tariffs on a range of Canadian exports. The interim deal will replace Canada’s current agreement with Britain under the European Union that currently covers trade between the two countries until a new formal pact can be negotiated in the coming year.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Spain to begin a Covid-19 vaccination program in January, president Pedro Sánchez announced

  

  Spain will begin a comprehensive coronavirus vaccination program in January and expects to have covered a substantial part of the population within six months, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:12 UTC

  Highly contagious strain of bird flu forces Netherlands to cull tens of thousands of chickens

  

  Dutch authorities have culled some 190,000 chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu broke out in at least two poultry farms, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Moderna vaccine will cost some US$ 25 per doses, depending of the amount, CEO Stephane Bancel

  

  Moderna will charge governments between US$ 25 and US$ 37 per dose of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate depending on the amount ordered, CEO Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS).

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  WHO official anticipates third wave of Covid-19 in Europe, early 2021; “countries failed to prepare in summer”

  

  A World Health Organization (WHO) special Covid-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Germany ready to begin Covid-19 vaccination in mid-December

  

  Germany could start administering shots of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next month, Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying.