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Pope urges vaccine access to poorest nations
Pope Francis on Saturday made a call to the political leaders to make sure that Covid-19 vaccines are available to the poorest nations.
UK government cautions on virus
Fresh restrictions on social gatherings in England appear to be on the cards as the British government seeks to suppress a sharp spike in new coronavirus infections.
Smoke from US wildfires reaches Europe
Satellite images show smoke from wildfires in the western United States has reached as far as Europe.
Russian opposition leader Navalny able to leave hospital bed
Navalny, 44, was flown to Berlin for treatment at the Charite hospital two days after falling ill on a domestic flight in Russia on Aug. 20. Germany has demanded that Russia investigate the case.
He has “successfully been removed from mechanical ventilation” and is able to leave his bed “for short periods of time,” the hospital said.
Although noting the improvement in Navalny’s health, the statement didn’t address the long-term outlook for
After 7 months, schools reopen in Europe’s first Covid hotspot
The morning bell Monday marked the first entrance to the classroom for the children of Codogno since Feb. 21, when panicked parents were sent to pick up their children after the northern Italian town gained notoriety as the first in the West to record local transmission of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus: UK epidemic growing as R number goes above 1
Coronavirus infections have increased in recent weeks in the UK, according to new estimates.
WikiLeaks' Assange to fight US extradition bid in UK court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to challenge the U.S. government's attempt to extradite him on spying charges over the site’s publication of secret U.S. military documents in a UK court, reports AP.
France closes 22 schools due to Covid-19 infections
France has closed 22 of its 62,000 schools since in-person classes resumed this week because of coronavirus infections.
Russia's Navalny poisoned with nerve agent, says Germany
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday, citing new test results.
Russian opposition politician Navalny poisoned, hospitalized
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was put on a ventilator in an intensive care unit of a Siberian hospital after falling ill from suspected poisoning during a flight, his spokeswoman said Thursday morning.