Month: March 2021

Categories EU

Spain halts AstraZeneca vaccinations amid safety concerns, joining 17 other nations as EU says jab’s ‘benefits outweigh risks’

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Spain has suspended its rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, after reports of adverse side effects prompted more than a dozen other states to do the same, despite assurances from EU regulators that the jab is safe. … Read More >Spain halts AstraZeneca vaccinations amid safety concerns, joining 17 other nations as EU says jab’s ‘benefits outweigh risks’

Categories Shows

China, Iran unite over oil deal while US worries (Full show)

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China has moved to significantly increase its purchases of Iranian oil, much to the consternation of the US and its allies. RT America’s Alex Mihailovich reports on the Chinese stake in easing tensions between Washington and Tehran. Meanwhile, militias in Iraq launched a rocket attack on Monday night against a military base in Baghdad that houses US troops. … Read More >China, Iran unite over oil deal while US worries (Full show)

Categories EU

Netherlands becomes latest country to suspend use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over concerns of possibly serious side effects

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The Netherlands has halted use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for at least two weeks while an investigation into possibly serious side effects from the jab is undertaken by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). … Read More >Netherlands becomes latest country to suspend use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over concerns of possibly serious side effects

Categories World

Thousands protest violence against women in Australia as PM Morrison’s government rocked by rape allegations (VIDEOS)

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Thousands have taken to the streets across Australia, protesting violence against women amid allegations that a defense minister sought to silence a rape claim and accusations of sexual assault against an attorney general. … Read More >Thousands protest violence against women in Australia as PM Morrison’s government rocked by rape allegations (VIDEOS)

Categories Asia & Pacific

Anti-coup protests rage in Myanmar after dozens killed over crackdown’s bloodiest weekend (VIDEOS)

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Dozens of people were reportedly killed in Myanmar over the weekend amid the increasingly lethal crackdown on anti-coup protests. Despite the actions of the police and military, the protests continued into Monday. … Read More >Anti-coup protests rage in Myanmar after dozens killed over crackdown’s bloodiest weekend (VIDEOS)

Categories Middle East

Tehran accuses Israel of creating ‘unrest’ and reserves all rights to respond to cargo ship attack

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry has warned it will take any measure appropriate to respond to an attack on an Iranian cargo vessel as it made its way through the Mediterranean last week, once again suggesting Israel was the perpetrator. … Read More >Tehran accuses Israel of creating ‘unrest’ and reserves all rights to respond to cargo ship attack

Categories Middle East

US must lift sanctions and pledge not to repeat Trump’s ‘mistakes’ before nuclear talks can resume, Iran says

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Tehran has called on Washington to end its sanctions regime against the Islamic Republic and vow not to repeat errors made by the Trump administration, saying the demands were preconditions for rebooting nuclear deal talks. … Read More >US must lift sanctions and pledge not to repeat Trump’s ‘mistakes’ before nuclear talks can resume, Iran says

Categories Asia & Pacific

US is an ‘out-and-out eavesdropping empire,’ says Beijing, as Washington lists Chinese companies as national security threat

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has taken aim at Washington, labeling it ‘hypocritical’ and claiming it spies on its own allies, after the US designated five Chinese companies as posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law. … Read More >US is an ‘out-and-out eavesdropping empire,’ says Beijing, as Washington lists Chinese companies as national security threat