Month: April 2021

Categories EU

‘With caution – more freedom’: Germany’s first region swaps some lockdown restrictions for more rigorous testing

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Germany’s western region of Saarland has relaxed some of its Covid-19 lockdown rules in exchange for people getting tested more often. Officials hope the new model will bring Germany more freedom and help it beat the virus. … Read More >‘With caution – more freedom’: Germany’s first region swaps some lockdown restrictions for more rigorous testing

Categories Asia & Pacific

China vows to hold regular naval drills as its carrier group conducts exercises near Taiwan

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Beijing has staged naval exercises involving an aircraft carrier group in the vicinity of Taiwan, which is claimed by China as part of its territory. Similar drills will be held on a regular basis in the future, China says. … Read More >China vows to hold regular naval drills as its carrier group conducts exercises near Taiwan

Categories EU

Top EMA official says EU regulator to confirm link between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and deadly blood clots

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The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) says the body may soon officially confirm a connection between Vaxzevria – AstraZeneca’s vaccine against Covid-19 – and cases of deadly cerebral venous thrombosis. … Read More >Top EMA official says EU regulator to confirm link between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and deadly blood clots

Categories Asia & Pacific

Myanmar streets painted red as activists protest military’s violent coup amid rising death toll (PHOTOS)

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Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar daubed red paint across the streets of Yangon on Tuesday, as the death toll from daily clashes between protestors and the military in the wake of the bloody coup reached at least 570. … Read More >Myanmar streets painted red as activists protest military’s violent coup amid rising death toll (PHOTOS)

Categories Russia

Putin Signs Laws Against Insulting War Veterans, Rehabilitating Nazism

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a set of laws that toughen criminal and administrative penalties for the rehabilitation of Nazism on the internet, the propagation of fake information about war veterans and the denigration of their dignity, now punishable by five years in prison or up to five million rubles in fines … Read More >Putin Signs Laws Against Insulting War Veterans, Rehabilitating Nazism

Categories Middle East

Pfizer halts delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to ‘banana republic’ Israel after bill goes unpaid amid political infighting – media

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Calling Israel a ‘banana republic,’ Pfizer has frozen further deliveries of the Covid-19 vaccine until it gets paid for the last 2.5 million doses, Israeli media reported. The blow comes amid political infighting in Tel Aviv. … Read More >Pfizer halts delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to ‘banana republic’ Israel after bill goes unpaid amid political infighting – media