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11 minutes agoEU demands that vaccine makers honor their commitmentsThe European Union is warning pharmaceutical giants that have developed coronavirus vaccines with EU aid that it must get its shots on schedule.
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1 hour agoEstonia: Government led by nation's first woman PM sworn in A new two-party coalition government has been sworn in in Estonia, and it's led by the Baltic nation's first woman prime minister since the country regained independence ...
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1 day agoEU proposes more travel restrictions to stop virus variantsThe European Union's executive body has proposed that EU nations impose more travel restrictions to counter the worrying spread of new coronavirus variants.
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18 hours agoEU pressures AstraZeneca to deliver vaccines as promisedThe European Union has lashed out Monday at pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to guarantee coronavirus vaccines without v...
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1 day agoJob losses from virus 4 times as bad as '09 financial crisisA UN report says that four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in 2009.
1 day agoEU urges dialogue in Venezuela to set up new elections The European Union is calling for political talks in Venezuela to set up new elections.
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2 days agoFourth Zimbabwean Cabinet member dies of COVID-19 in surge Four Zimbabwean Cabinet ministers have died of COVID-19, three within the past two weeks, highlighting the resurgence of the disease that is sweeping through this souther...
2 days agoAiling pope, reducing appearances, prays for homeless deadAiling Pope Francis, who is making limited public appearances due to persistent pain, drew attention to the plight of homeless people in winter, including a Nigerian man ...
1 day agoSyria floats new bank note amid soaring inflationA new 5,000-lira bank note is going into circulation in Syria as the country reels from 10 years of conflict and a crippling economic crisis.
2 days agoIsraeli police, ultra-Orthodox protesters clash over schoolsUltra-Orthodox demonstrators have clashed with Israeli police in two major cities as authorities continue to struggle to enforce coronavirus restrictions in the country’s...
1 day agoIsrael targets flights, religious scofflaws, as virus ragesPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will be closing its international airport to nearly all flights as the government races to bring a raging coronavirus outbre...
1 day agoDutch police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in 2 citiesRioters have set blazes in the center of the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven and pelted police with rocks at a banned demonstration against coronavirus lockdown measures...
2 days agoUK vaccination drive expands as virus toll nears 100,000Britain is expanding a coronavirus vaccination program that has seen almost 6 million people get the first of two doses — even as the country’s death toll in the pandemic...
1 day agoCenter-right incumbent wins Portugal's presidential electionThe center-right incumbent candidate has won a resounding victory in Portugal’s presidential election.
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2 days agoFrench leader tells child sex abuse victims 'we believe you'Amid a national French reckoning with sexual abuse of children by family members, President Emmanuel Macron has told victims: “We believe you.