Europe
Russia to register second COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 15
Russia expects to register a second potential vaccine against COVID-19 by Oct. 15, the TASS news agency cited Russian consumer safety watchdog ...Turkey may resume talks with Greece, warns against EU sanctions
Turkey and Greece could soon resume talks over their contested Mediterranean claims but European Union leaders meeting this week will not help ...Turkey begins Phase III trials of Chinese coronavirus vaccine
Turkey began final Phase III trials of an experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, Turkish media reported. The vaccine will be administered ...Russia to sell 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to India
Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday it will supply India’s Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories with 100 million doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine ...Putin backs Lukashenko as Belarus leader vows closer ties
President Vladimir Putin on Monday backed embattled Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko and promised a $1.5 billion loan as the Belarusian strongman vowed ...At least 100,000 Belarus protesters flood streets to demand end of Lukashenko
At least 100,000 Belarusian protesters took to the streets of Minsk on Sunday in one of the biggest demonstrations yet against President ...Russia holds regional polls in shadow of Navalny’s poisoning
Russians on Sunday voted in regional elections overshadowed by the poisoning of the main opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who had urged supporters ...Greece races to shelter thousands after Lesbos migrant camp fire
Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos languished on roadsides on Thursday, homeless and hungry after the country’s largest ...Thousands homeless as blaze guts Greece’s main migrant camp
Greece’s Lesbos island was plunged into crisis Wednesday after thousands of asylum seekers were left homeless from a huge fire that gutted ...AstraZeneca suspends leading COVID-19 vaccine trials after a participant’s illness
AstraZeneca Plc said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unexplained illness ...













