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US authorizes Moderna as second Covid-19 vaccine
The United States on Friday authorized Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, as the country grapples with a brutal winter surge that ...World court to intervene in Guyana-Venezuela border dispute
The United Nations’ highest court ruled Friday that it will intervene to settle a decades-old border dispute between South American neighbors Guyana ...U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gets COVID shot on TV as U.S. about to approve ...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence received his COVID-19 vaccine live on television on Friday, seeking to shore up public support for vaccinations ...Europe purchases 80 million more doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine
Drug developer Moderna Inc said on Friday the European Commission had exercised its option to purchase an additional 80 million doses of ...Hundreds of kidnapped schoolboys released in Nigeria
More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, a government official said Thursday. In ...From hope to agony, what’s left of the Arab Spring?
Ten years ago a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed ...Snow continues to fall on Northeast US, with vaccines in tow
Snow continued to fall Thursday during a key period in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the start of the U.S. vaccination campaign ...EU delays budget support to Ethiopia over Tigray conflict
The European Union said Wednesday it is postponing nearly 90 million euros in budget support payments to Ethiopia because of the conflict ...Moderna vaccine for COVID in line for US approval this week
Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be set for regulatory authorization this week after U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff members did ...Turkey condemns ‘unjust’ U.S. sanctions, threatens response
Turkey on Monday condemned U.S. sanctions over its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defences as a “grave mistake” and threatened to retaliate ...