France backs AstraZeneca Covid jab for older recipients, but only 24% of available doses have been administered
The French health authorities have granted permission for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine to be given…More
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Healthcare workers subjected to more than 400 attacks while trying to tackle Covid-19 – report
An NGO report has found there were 1,172 violent acts against healthcare workers globally in…More
‘System of abuse’? At least 10,000 children sexually abused at hands of French Catholic Church since 1950s – report
At least 10,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse by clergy and other officials…More
Skiers, parties and nightlife blamed for Serbia’s soaring Covid rate as health expert calls for immediate lockdown
Serbia’s health system is at a tipping point amid an overwhelming rise in Covid-19 infections,…More
Erdogan outlines legal reforms, vows to improve freedom of expression in Turkey ahead of EU membership push
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to improve the country’s human rights protections and…More
Brussels says EU-wide Covid-19 vaccine strategy ‘not unravelling’ despite nations turning away from joint program
The European Union has denied reports that its bloc-wide vaccination program against Covid-19 is falling…More
Come to Xinjiang, but not for ‘investigation based on guilty before proven,’ China tells UN high commissioner
China has said that the door to Xinjiang “is always open” for UN High Commissioner…More
Press freedom group files criminal complaint against MBS and Saudi officials for Khashoggi murder, persecution of journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a criminal complaint in Germany accusing Crown Prince Mohammed…More
No jab, no Hajj: Saudi says all Muslims will need to have Covid vaccine before they can perform annual pilgrimage to Mecca
Health authorities in Saudi Arabia have said that any Muslim wanting to perform the annual…More
UK neo-Nazi group to become first far-right body to be outlawed in Australia amid calls from home affairs minister
Australia’s home affairs minister has written to the country’s opposition leader and all state and…More