Canada approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12-15 after trial shows 100% efficacy in young teenagers
Canada has allowed children as young as 12 to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. The…More
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China suspends economic dialogue with Australia ‘indefinitely’ amid spat over Belt & Road Initiative
Beijing has axed a high-level channel for economic talks with Canberra, blasting Australian leaders for…More
‘Wrong answer’: Big Pharma group up in arms after Biden signals support for profit-threatening patent waiver on Covid vaccines
An international body representing a who’s-who of Big Pharma firms has rejected a US-backed proposal…More
Two American tourists who killed Italian policeman found guilty and sentenced to LIFE in prison
An Italian court has convicted two US tourists for fatally stabbing a Carabinieri officer during…More
Top German court upholds temporary Covid-19 lockdown law, rejects requests to abolish curfews
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has rejected urgent appeals to temporarily suspend the country’s night-time Covid-19…More
Covid-19 mortality rate has DOUBLED among young people in Brazil, Pan-American health watchdog warns
Hospitalizations and deaths of younger people linked to Covid-19 are on the rise across the…More
World sees US as significantly greater threat to democracy than Russia & China – survey
A poll taken in 53 countries has found that 44% of people around the world…More
Cash-for-jabs: Serbia unveils new payment scheme to encourage residents to get Covid-19 vaccine
The president of Serbia has announced what is likely the world’s first cash-for-jabs plan, offering…More
Israel’s president gives centrist Yair Lapid mandate to form government after PM Netanyahu misses deadline
The president of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, has asked opposition leader Yair Lapid to form a…More
EU-China investment deal ‘very important,’ Germany’s Merkel says as Brussels pauses ratification efforts over sanctions fallout
A huge investment agreement between the EU and China is “important,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said,…More