China owned port in sri lanka could alter trade routes

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will receive Covid-19 vaccines free from India next week, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Saturday, a day after the country approved emergency use of Oxford AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine. "We do not have to wait longer than the 27th of this month to receive a quantity of free vaccines from India," the president said, addressing the presidential mobile service at Walallawita south of here this morning.Front-line health workers, the Army and the police and the most vulnerable elderly will be given the vaccine as a priority, the president said, amid warnings from doctors that front-line health workers should be quickly inoculated to prevent the medical system from collapsing."We will also buy Covid-19 vaccines from Russia and China," the president said.The president's comments came as the health authorities conducted three dry runs of the vaccination process.India this week announced that it will send Covid-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Sri Lanka and … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka to receive Covid-19 vaccines from India next week: President

On Friday, Sri Lanka approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine amid warnings from doctors that front-line health workers should be quickly inoculated to prevent the medical system from collapsing. The vaccine was the first to be approved for emergency use in Sri Lanka. … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka Health Minister, who endorsed potion for COVID-19, tests positive

The president, speaking at the function in Kalutara, in western Sri Lanka, said the COVID-19 jabs will be first administered to medical officers, Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) and other health sector workers who are on the front line of coronavirus outbreak in the country. … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka to receive 1st batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines on Jan. 27

Nissan confirmed on Friday that it will maintain its operations in Britain in the wake of the post-Brexit trade deal between the country and the European Union. The news was greeted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a "great vote of confidence." The future of Nissan's car plant in the northeast England city of Sunderland was thrown into doubt in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the EU in June 2016, a decision that could have led to tariffs and quotas on trade between the two sides. However, after months of tortuous negotiations, the UK and EU struck a post-Brexit trade deal at the end of 2020 that means there won't be any tariffs or quotas. There will be other barriers to trade though, such as customs checks and more form-filling that will inevitably raise costs. Nissan's chief operating officer, Ashwani Gupta, said the deal ensured the company's future in Sunderland, where it employs around 6,000 people. "Sunderland is one of the top three plants in the world for … [Read more...] about Nissan commits to UK car plant after post-Brexit trade deal

The tunnel extends for 2,519 meters beneath the riverbed of this section of the Yellow River, which sits five meters above downtown Jinan, forming a "hanging river." The tunnel has an outer diameter of 15.2 meters and was created by two shield-tunneling machines. … [Read more...] about China’s widest shield tunnel excavated beneath Yellow River