EU drugs regulator brings forward meeting on Pfizer’s Covid vaccine amid pressure for pre-Christmas approval
A meeting to evaluate data for the approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is to be…More
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Sweden suffers deadliest November since Spanish flu era as Stockholm ICUs hit 99 percent capacity
According to Sweden’s Central Statistics office, the country suffered its deadliest November since Spanish Flu…More
Twitter fined €450,000 under EU data privacy rules in world first
Social networking site Twitter has been fined €450,000 ($547,000) under the EU’s GDPR law in…More
Inquiry finds Swedish govt ‘bears ultimate responsibility’ over failures to protect elderly from Covid-19 pandemic
An official commission has published damning findings which say that responsibility for Sweden’s relatively high…More
‘Dark day for LGBTQ community’: Hungary passes law making adoptions by same sex couples impossible
Hungary’s parliament has passed a law that effectively bans same-sex couples from adopting children, provoking…More
Entertainment workers protest in Paris as venues ordered to stay closed due to coronavirus (VIDEO)
A massive protest has been staged in Paris by entertainment sector workers as France emerges…More
China to attract international scientists to world’s largest radio telescope, left unrivaled since fall of US’ Arecibo (VIDEO)
The enormous 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) located in southern China will open its doors…More
US sanctions over Russian S-400s have ‘shaken all the values’ of its alliance with Turkey – Ankara
Turkey has vowed to use its own weapons to defend itself after the US slapped…More
WHO claims $28 billion funding gap in program to deliver Covid-19 vaccines, tests & treatments to poorest countries
A senior World Health Organization official has said that the group is looking at ways…More
‘Worst cruelty in history’: Iran’s health minister berates US for blocking access to much-needed medicine amid Covid outbreak
The Iranian health minister has blasted Washington for preventing Tehran from purchasing vital drugs and…More