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Top UN rights body calls for fair, affordable access to Covid-19 vaccines

Top UN rights body calls for fair, affordable access to Covid-19 vaccines

REUTERS 2021-03-24 08:22:33

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday calling for equitable, affordable access to Covid-19 vaccines and fair pricing. The text, endorsed by more than 130 countries a...

Blinken offers boost for NATO, cooperation on Afghanistan

Blinken offers boost for NATO, cooperation on Afghanistan

REUTERS 2021-03-24 08:17:29

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged to rebuild and revitalise the transatlantic military alliance after a bruising four years when Washington portrayed NATO as outdated, divided an...

Sri Lanka faces UN scrutiny over civil war crimes

Sri Lanka faces UN scrutiny over civil war crimes

Reuters 2021-03-23 22:36:19

UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet received a mandate on Tuesday to collect evidence of crimes during Sri Lanka's long civil war, which ended in 2009 with the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers...

Polish writer facing prison for calling president ‘moron’

Polish writer facing prison for calling president ‘moron’

AP 2021-03-23 21:00:40

A popular Polish writer is facing a potential sentence of up to three years in prison for calling the nation’s president a “moron” on social media. Jakub Zulczyk had criticised the...

UK jobless rate plunges as workers drop out of labour force

UK jobless rate plunges as workers drop out of labour force

Reuters   2021-03-23 18:27:05

Britain’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell in the three months to January, a change that partly reflected people giving up their job hunt as lockdown measures tightened at the start of the year, o...

‘AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine likely good, but company statement caused concern’

‘AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine likely good, but company statement caused concern’

Reuters 2021-03-23 18:25:58

AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine is likely very good, but an independent review board was concerned about how the drugmaker presented data in a press release this week, top US health official Dr Ant...

Germany imposes Easter lockdown to curb new surge

Germany imposes Easter lockdown to curb new surge

BBC 2021-03-23 18:16:49

Germany has extended its lockdown for three weeks, imposing an almost complete halt over the Easter holiday in response to a third wave of coronavirus infections. After talks with regional leaders, C...

European Union to use all tools to secure AstraZeneca vaccine

European Union to use all tools to secure AstraZeneca vaccine

-- 2021-03-23 18:09:15

The European Commission’s chief vaccine negotiator Sandra Gallina said on Tuesday the European Union will use all available means to secure the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca. She did...

Russia won’t reveal name of vaccine Putin will take, says Kremlin

Russia won’t reveal name of vaccine Putin will take, says Kremlin

-- 2021-03-23 17:59:46

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it had deliberately decided it would not reveal the name of the Russian-made vaccine which President Vladimir Putin is due to take later on Tuesday, reports Reuters. "We...

AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in US vaccine trial

AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in US vaccine trial

-- 2021-03-23 16:55:54

Results from a US trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have included “outdated information” and that could mean the company provided an incomplete view of efficacy data, Ameri...

Myanmar army airs on TV allegations of bribery against Suu Kyi

Myanmar army airs on TV allegations of bribery against Suu Kyi

-- 2021-03-23 14:54:24

Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday showed video testimony at a televised news conference of a former top Yangon official alleging corruption by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, including receiv...

Myanmar military spokesman 'sorry' for loss of lives of protesters

Myanmar military spokesman 'sorry' for loss of lives of protesters

Reuters 2021-03-23 14:12:17

Myanmar’s military on Tuesday expressed sadness for the deaths of what it said were 164 demonstrators during violence in the country, but accused anti-coup protesters of widespread destruction o...

England imposes new 5,000 pound fine on travel abroad

England imposes new 5,000 pound fine on travel abroad

-- 2021-03-23 14:06:04

Fines of 5,000 pounds ($6,900) will be introduced from next week for people from England who try to travel abroad without good reason under new COVID-19 laws which last until the end of June. In the...

Police officer among 10 dead in US supermarket shooting

Police officer among 10 dead in US supermarket shooting

-- 2021-03-23 11:09:37

A gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, killing 10 people, including a police officer, before being arrested, marking the second deadly US mass shooting in less than a w...

'Vaccination Nation' or 'Crime Minister'?

'Vaccination Nation' or 'Crime Minister'?

REUTERS 2021-03-23 09:25:57

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory over Covid-19 by making Israel a “vaccination nation”. Even that may not be enough when voters wearing mandatory masks cast their ball...

Truck carrying migrants in Croatia meets with accident, four die

Truck carrying migrants in Croatia meets with accident, four die

REUTERS 2021-03-23 09:18:13

Four migrants died and 10 were severely injured in a traffic accident of a truck on a highway in eastern Croatia, state news agency Hina said on Monday citing police sources. The driver of the truck,...

Saudis propose ceasefire in Yemen, Houthis skeptical

Saudis propose ceasefire in Yemen, Houthis skeptical

REUTERS 2021-03-23 09:12:26

Saudi Arabia presented a new peace initiative on Monday to end the war in Yemen, including a nationwide ceasefire and the reopening of air and sea links, but its Houthi enemies said the offer did not...

EU, US sanctions step up pressure on Myanmar military

EU, US sanctions step up pressure on Myanmar military

REUTERS 2021-03-23 08:52:21

The European Union and the United States on Monday imposed sanctions on individuals and groups linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by se...

West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses

West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses

REUTERS 2021-03-23 08:39:04

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the such coordinated Western action against Beijing unde...

EU imposes sanctions on Myanmar military, targets generals

EU imposes sanctions on Myanmar military, targets generals

Reuters   2021-03-22 21:45:55

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 11 people linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by security forces reached what Germany&...

Gap between two Covishield doses will be six to eight weeks, India says

Gap between two Covishield doses will be six to eight weeks, India says

-- 2021-03-22 19:55:17

The gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine should be increased from 28 days to six-to-eight weeks for better results, the Indian central government has asked state governments of the country....

Armed men kill more than 22 civilians in Niger

Armed men kill more than 22 civilians in Niger

-- 2021-03-22 16:31:33

Armed men kill at least 22 civilians in Niger Armed men killed at least 22 civilians in southwestern Niger on Sunday, three sources said, less than a week after unidentified assailants killed 58 villa...

Global coronavirus cases top 123 million

Global coronavirus cases top 123 million

-- 2021-03-22 15:01:33

Despite rapid vaccine rollout in different countries, more than 123 million people have been infected with Covid-19 on Monday, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total caseload reac...

EU to sanction 11 people involved in Myanmar coup

EU to sanction 11 people involved in Myanmar coup

Reuters 2021-03-22 14:40:31

The European Union will on Monday impose sanctions on 11 individuals linked to the February 1 coup in Myanmar, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said as he arrived for a meeting of EU...

Myanmar releases detained BBC journalist Aung Thura

Myanmar releases detained BBC journalist Aung Thura

-- 2021-03-22 13:38:52

Detained BBC journalist Aung Thura has been released in Myanmar, days after he was detained. The BBC Burmese service reporter had been taken away by men in plain clothes on 19 March while reporting o...

Asia accelerates AstraZeneca vaccine rollouts

Asia accelerates AstraZeneca vaccine rollouts

Reuters 2021-03-22 12:40:05

Many Asian countries are accelerating the rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after confidence in its safety was hit, following reports that the shot was linked to rare blood clots in Euro...

Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air strikes

Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air strikes

REUTERS 2021-03-22 12:19:11

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen unleashed dozens of air strikes against what it called Houthi military targets in the country’s north, including the capital Sanaa and the port of Salif...

Heavy rains in Sydney cause worst floods in 60 years

Heavy rains in Sydney cause worst floods in 60 years

REUTERS 2021-03-22 11:41:45

Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney’s west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain...

US promises have no credibility for Iran: Khamenei

US promises have no credibility for Iran: Khamenei

Reuters 2021-03-22 10:44:00

Iran does not trust US promises on lifting sanctions and will only return to its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal once Washington fully removes the measures, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

Israel seizes Palestinian minister's VIP pass over ICC meeting

Israel seizes Palestinian minister's VIP pass over ICC meeting

-- 2021-03-22 10:01:00

Israeli authorities confiscated the VIP border pass of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki upon his return to the West Bank from a meeting at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a Palesti...