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2021

COVID-19 Vaccine: Drama in US, as 22yrs-old None Registered Student Nurse Injects self, friends *Says Drugs about to expire

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The student CEO of a company tasked with distributing coronavirus vaccines in Philadelphia admitted Thursday that he had given some doses to friends, sparking anger in the US where the rollout of shots has been sluggish.Philadelphia’s local government employed Philly Fighting Covid, a group founded by 22-year-old Andrei Doroshin last year, to distribute thousands of Covid-19 vaccines across the eastern US city. The group was a major player in Philadelphia’s coronavirus fight, first by participating in testing and then in early January by organizing the city’s first major vaccination center. Philly Fighting Covid vaccinated nearly 7,000 people, mostly frontline health…

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2021

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Another trial for the ages: Senate To Judge Trump Over Riot

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 4, 2021 US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in support of Republican incumbent senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of Senate runoff in Dalton, Georgia. Former president Donald Trump will not testify in his Senate impeachment trial next week, an advisor said on February 4, 2021, after House prosecutors called on him to appear for questioning.MANDEL NGAN / AFP One year after his first impeachment, former President Donald Trump finds himself the subject of an unprecedented second trial beginning Tuesday in the Senate, whose members must determine whether he…

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2021

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Biden hosts first of chats to talk ‘directly’ with Americans

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 05, 2021 US President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 2021. – President Biden on February 6, 2021, launched a series of conversations with ordinary Americans by calling a woman who lost her job due to the pandemic, in an effort to showcase his direct contact with his fellow citizens. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP). (more…)

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2021

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Woman, 88, killed and partner hurt in French garage blast

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Firefighters work at the site where a large explosion in a garage destroyed the building as well as two neighbouring ones on February 6, 2021 in Bordeaux’ Chartrons district. – Initial investigations at the scene suggest gas was the cause of the explosion, which left at least two people missing. (Photo by MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP)An 88-year-old woman was killed and her 89-year-old partner was seriously hurt during an explosion in a garage in the French city of Bordeaux on Saturday, firefighters said. Initial investigations suggest gas was the cause of the blast, which destroyed the small building and seriously…

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2021

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Netanyahu vows to fight ‘anti-Semitic’ ICC ruling

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Israelis protest amid the coronavirus pandemic crisis against their Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demand his resignation over corruption cases and his failure to combat the Covid-19, on January 5, 2021 in Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday angrily rejected an International Criminal Court’s ruling that paves the way for war crimes probe into the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, condemning it as “pure anti-Semitism”. “As prime minister of Israel, I can assure you this: we will fight this perversion of justice with all our might,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “This is pure…

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2021

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Anti-coup protests grow as army broadens internet crackdown

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 29, 2019 Myanmar human rights activist and film director Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi leaves the court escorted by police after a court verdict in Yangon. – The military coup on February 1, 2021 stunned those within and outside Myanmar, bringing a 10-year experiment in democracy to a shuddering halt by returning the reins of power to the military, but for those who have long been vocal against Myanmar’s brutal junta regime the events leading up to it were all too familiar. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) (more…)

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2021

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Germany warns of consequences over diplomat expulsion by Russia

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a press conference following talks via video conference with Germany’s state premiers on coronavirus restrictions at the Chancellery in Berlin on December 2, 2020. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / POOL / AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday condemned as “unjustified” Russia’s expulsion of European diplomats for participating in unauthorised demonstrations in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. “We consider these expulsions to be unjustified. We believe it is yet another aspect that can be observed right now of Russia being quite far from the rule of law,” she said. German Foreign Minister Heiko…

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2021

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WHO urges unity on vaccines as new jab submitted to US regulators

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COVID-19 vaccine European nations need to work more closely with drug firms to increase the pace of coronavirus inoculations, the WHO said on Friday, as Johnson & Johnson pushed for its jab to become the third approved for use in the United States. EU chiefs have engaged in bitter public rows with firms over supply shortages and legal obligations, as a slow vaccine rollout has sparked public anger and plunged the bloc’s leadership into crisis. “We need to join up to speed up vaccinations,” the World Health Organization’s Europe director Hans Kluge told AFP in an interview. “Otherwise, competing pharmaceutical…

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2021

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PayPal says halting online payment services within India

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FILE PHOTO: The German headquarters of the electronic payments division PayPal is pictured at Europarc Dreilinden business park south of Berlin in Kleinmachnow, Germany, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/FABRIZIO BENSCH Online payments giant PayPal said Friday it will halt domestic financial transactions within India, bowing out of a vast market buoyed by recent coronavirus restrictions. Multinational giants, including WhatsApp, Google and Alibaba, have for months been locked in a tense battle over the fast-growing digital payments market in the nation of 1.3 billion, expected to be worth $500 billion by 2025. But PayPal on Friday said it would instead focus on…

Feb

2021

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US Senate Discards Biden’s Initial Bill, Clears Way For Democrats Bulky Relief Bill

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US President Joe Biden hosts a meeting alongside US Vice President Kamala Harris (L), with Senate Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (R), as they meet about a Covid relief bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 3, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) The US Senate passed a budget resolution early Friday that will allow Democrats to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package without Republican support. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to make it 51-50 in the early morning showdown, concluding a process known as…