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France starts Europe’s vaccine donations to poorer states

Editorial Bureau April 21, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) – France will soon mark itself as the first European Union member to send some of its own COVID vaccine supplies to developing countries through the means of international COVAX scheme. It hopes others will join its attempt to ward off new variants and compete with Russia

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Putin cautions West about harsh response if it crosses its “red lines”

Editorial Bureau April 21, 2021

MOSCOW (RUSSIA) – President Vladimir Putin cautions the West on Wednesday not to cross Russia’s “red lines”. Moscow would show response swiftly and harshly to any provocations and those responsible would regret it. At a time of acute crisis in ties with the United States and Europe, with Russian troops massed near Ukraine and opposition […]

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Decision on J&J COVID-19 shot next week: Denmark

Editorial Bureau April 21, 2021

COPENHAGEN (DENMARK) – As further investigations into Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and its possible link to rare blood clots is pending, Denmark’s health authority informed that it expects to announce its decision on how to proceed with the vaccine by next week

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German conservatives pick Laschet as chancellor candidate

Editorial Bureau April 20, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) -Bavarian premier Markus Soeder accepted defeat on Tuesday against Christian Democrat chairman Armin Laschet to be on the forefront of their conservative alliance into Germany’s federal election in September. As chancellor candidate for the alliance of the Christian Democrats and their Bavarian CSU sister party, Laschet faces an uphill battle to

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More than 100,000 Russian troops posted on Ukraine borders: EU

Editorial Bureau April 20, 2021

BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – The office of the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell has informed that more than 100,000 Russian troops have massed on Ukraine’s border and in annexed Crimea. The EU foreign ministers were briefed by Ukraine’s foreign minister regarding the same. In a press conference on Monday, Borrell had originally spoken of more than […]

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Mediaset’s multibillion euro damage request dismissed

Editorial Bureau April 20, 2021

MILAN (ITALY) – A Milan court on Monday rejected a multibillion-euro damage request by Mediaset in a case stemming from the failed sale of the Italian broadcaster’s pay-TV arm to French media giant Vivendi, a court document showed. The decision represents the first verdict in the long-running dispute pitting former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, […]

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France unsuccessful in promoting AstraZeneca vaccine

Editorial Bureau April 19, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) – Opinion polls and data from government vaccination programmes across the European Union, indicate a widespread scepticism about the AstraZeneca vaccine among people because of cases of people who took the shot experiencing blood clots. In response to the blood-clotting cases, Denmark stopped administering the shot, and several other EU states

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Czech diplomats expelled by Russia over nerve agent allegations

Editorial Bureau April 19, 2021

MOSCOW/PRAGUE (RUSSIA/CZECH REPUBLIC) -Moscow expelled 20 Czech diplomats on Sunday over Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were the masterminds of an earlier explosion at a Czech ammunition depot, killing two people. Prague had on Saturday ordered out 18 Russian diplomats, prompting Russia to vow […]

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Modified AstraZeneca tailored top combat coronavirus variant

Editorial Bureau April 18, 2021

ZURICH (SWITZERLAND) – Sarah Walters, an AstraZeneca official in Austria said in an interview that a modified version of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine tailored to combat a coronavirus variant first documented in South Africa could be ready by the end of 2021. Sarah is AstraZeneca’s Austria country manager, is of the opinion that studies, so far, […]

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Drift between Russia and France! Macron says ‘clear red lines’ should be drawn with Kremlin

Editorial Bureau April 18, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) – French President Emmanuel Macron has revealed his strong dislike towards the Kremlin an interview saying that World powers should draw “clear red lines” with the country and consider possible sanctions against Moscow when they’re crossed. Macron’s remarks departed from France’s previous stance on Russia and shifted the