A US intelligence report on Tuesday says the Russian president has, among other things, authorized “influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden’s candidacy.” During an interview with the American television channel ABC News on Wednesday, President Joe Biden was asked about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. He said the latter …
Read More »EU puts brake on COVID vaccine exports to cope with ‘crisis of the century’
The European Union may get more restrictive in exporting COVID-19 vaccines to safeguard essential jabs for its own citizens facing a third wave of the pandemic, the head of the bloc’s executive said on Wednesday. Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement risks escalating tensions with the United Kingdom and the Unites …
Read More »Danish warship to fight piracy in Gulf of Guinea
Denmark will deploy a frigate to the Gulf of Guinea in Africa’s west coast to help address the rising sea piracy in the region. The country, which is a major shipping nation, will send the frigate to the region for five months from November 2021. Pirates continue to attack ships …
Read More »Belgium angry with other countries on the suspension of AstraZeneca vaccines
The Belgian authorities do not agree at all with the countries which suspend Astrazeneca vaccines and they deem “irresponsible” the fact of not using the vaccine. Unlike some of its European neighbors, Belgium has decided to continue injecting the AstraZeneca vaccine into its population. Read also: Ghana grieves for group …
Read More »Germany in turn suspends AstraZeneca vaccines
After Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Iceland, Thailand, Ireland and Netherland, it is the turn of Germany to suspend AstraZeneca vaccines and follow the advice of its public vaccination institution. Investigations are being carried out in the country to determine whether the cases of thrombosis observed are related to injections of the …
Read More »Russia decides to “slow down” the functioning of Twitter
The Russian regulatory authorities have decided to “slow down” the functioning of the social network Twitter in order to force the social network to delete several thousand messages; a complete blockage could follow. According to Roskomnadzor, the agency responsible for regulating the Internet in Russia, Twitter has refused to delete …
Read More »AstraZeneca vaccine ‘safe and effective’ in UK
After vaccinating 11 million people in the UK with the Astrazeneca vaccine, health authorities do not identify serious side effects. The UK has no serious side effects from injections of its AstraZeneca vaccine, said the authorities. “We’ve been clear that it’s both safe and effective… and when people are asked …
Read More »A new variant identified in Brittany, “no source of concern” for the ARS
After the English, South African or even Californian variants, will the Covid-19 take the name of French regions? As the daily Le Télégramme explained on Wednesday, a new mutation of Sars-CoV-2 was identified in Lannion but also in Guingamp, in the Côtes-d’Armor department in France. This new Breton variant was …
Read More »EU to extend COVID vaccine export controls to end of June
The European Union is planning to extend its export authorisation scheme for COVID-19 vaccines to the end of June, two EU sources told Reuters on Thursday, in a move that could reignite tensions with countries who rely on shots made in the EU. The mechanism was set up at the …
Read More »South Sudan extends partial Covid lockdown
According to authorities in South Sudan, a partial lockdown brought in to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, will remain in place for another month. Schools and universities will remain closed, while social gatherings including religious and sporting events remain banned. According to Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, the head of …
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