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Russia readies for approval of second COVID-19 vaccine: official
Russia is preparing to approve a second vaccine against COVID-19 in late September or early October, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova ...Watchmakers meet in Geneva to try to nurture recovery
Luxury watchmakers Bulgari and Breitling and a handful of Swiss brands are gathering in Geneva this week for a scaled-down industry exhibition, ...Berlin hospital says Navalny tests ‘indicate poisoning’
The Berlin hospital treating leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Monday that test results indicated he had been poisoned, although Russian doctors ...Moderna, EU conclude advanced talks to supply COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Moderna Inc <MRNA.O> said on Monday it has concluded advanced talks with the European Union to supply 80 million doses of its ...Belarus braces for mass protests as Lukashenko orders army to defend nation
Tens of thousands of protesters demanding President Alexander Lukashenko step down flooded into Minsk on Sunday, at one point demonstrating briefly near ...Russia plans COVID-19 vaccine output at 6 million doses a month
Russia expects to produce between 1.5 million and 2 million doses per month of its potential COVID-19 vaccine by the year end, ...Kremlin critic Navalny ‘stable’ in Berlin hospital
Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has suffered a suspected poisoning, was in a stable condition in hospital on Saturday ...Russia vaccine roll-out plan prompts virus mutation worries
Russia’s plan to roll-out its “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine even before full trials show how well it works is prompting concern among virus ...Russian doctors say Navalny wasn’t poisoned, refuse transfer
Russian doctors treating opposition leader Alexei Navalny don’t believe he was poisoned and refused to transfer him to a German hospital on ...Macron and Merkel meet with Turkey, Belarus, COVID on the agenda
French President Emmanuel Macron received German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his Mediterranean holiday retreat on Thursday to discuss a long list of ...














