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EU preparing case against AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls: sources

The European Commission is working on legal proceedings against AstraZeneca after the drugmaker cut COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, according to sources familiar with the matter.An

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Rare giant babax spotted in Tibet

The giant babax is a bird found in India and China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Outside of their breeding period, they usually form small groups of five to six. The bird

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De-coupling from China would be the wrong way to go, Germany warns

The European Union needs to engage with China despite many differences instead of opting for a more isolationist approach, Germany said on Wednesday."In the EU, we have been describing China as a par

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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 4.43 mln: Africa CDC

A sign points to a COVID-19 screening station at Kayelisha Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. /VCG The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,439,823 as of Tuesday evenin

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Somali, AU forces arrest Shabab fighters in joint operation

VCG Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union Mission (AMISOM) forces arrested several Shabab fighters in a joint operation in southern Somalia on Sunday, the AU mission said on Monday.AMIS

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Somalia's Farmajo meets DR Congo's Tshisekedi in Kinshasa

Somalia President Mohamed Farmajo (L) and the Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi at a press conference in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. /Photo courtesy: Somalia Pre

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EU adopts new round of sanctions on Myanmar military, Borrell says

The European Union (EU) has adopted a new round of sanctions on the Myanmar military linked to the February 1 takeover, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday."We adopted a second, much l

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Chinese ambassador to EU, NATO chief exchange in-depth views on ties

Zhang Ming, head of the Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU), on Friday met Jens Stoltenberg, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General in Brussels.The two exchanged in-de

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Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 4.35 million: Africa CDC

A medical worker shows a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,350,5

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Europe needs a more ambitious COVID recovery plan, says France's Beaune

The European Union must shoot for a more ambitious COVID-19 recovery plan than the landmark 750 billion euro stimulus agreed last summer after the epidemic's first wave

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Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 4.34 million: Africa CDC

Visitors wearing the face mask walk in a complex in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, on April 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has

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EU proposes six-month tariff freeze with United States - Der Spiegel

The European Union has suggested that it and the United States suspend tariffs imposed on billions of dollars of imports for six months, EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovsk

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EMA official links AstraZeneca vaccine to blood clots

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) head of vaccines Marco Cavalerion Tuesday said the regulator sees potential link between the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and increased risk of blood clots, Italia

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Hungarian authorities issues GMP certificate to Sinopharm vaccine

China National Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (Sinopharm) announced on Saturday that its COVID-19 vaccine has acquired the certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice (G

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MOFA: Major Western countries are trying to 'destabilize China' through political manipulation

The U.S., UK, European Union (EU) and Canada have exercised political manipulation to destabilize China, a spokesperson for the regional government of China's Xinjiang

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Rise of vaccine nationalism

01:29 The bitter dispute between the UK and European Union over AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has led to a new and for some, life-threatening, trend: vaccine nationalism.Even U.S Pres

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No more vaccine exports until you fulfill your contracts, EU tells AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca cannot export any more COVID-19 vaccines from Europe until is makes good on its contracts with the European Union, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen