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A staff member takes out samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, capital of China, April 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei) The battlefield of a global vaccine race has seemingly transferred from research and development to the market after Russia announced its approval of […]

Dr. Hawa Abdi at the 20th annual Women of the Year awards at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 8, 2010 in New York City.  Dr. Hawa Abdi died on Aug. 5 in Mogadishu at the age of 73. “Mama Hawa” was a fearless, compassionate humanitarian whose life’s work gave hope to tens of thousands in her […]

The country has been tipped into the largest recession on record (Picture: AP/ONS) The UK has officially plunged into the largest recession on record after the coronavirus crisis triggered a dramatic slump. The nation was declared in recession for the first time in 11 years on Wednesday after the economy shrank 20.4% from April to […]

Health experts have expressed doubts about Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine announcement.   –   Copyright  Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation In the global search for a COVID-19 vaccine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday that his country was one step ahead. Russia has announced that a locally developed vaccine has been given regulatory approval and could be available to the […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday fought off a well-funded primary challenger who accused her of pursuing a national profile at the expense of her Minneapolis district. Omar defeated local lawyer Antone Melton-Meaux, who was backed by pro-Israel interests angered by the freshman lawmaker’s rhetoric and foreign policy stances. Omar […]

  French Prime Minister Jean Castex adjusts his protective mask before taking to the media, Nantes, France July 18, 2020. © REUTERS – POOL The renewed spread of coronavirus in France could become harder to control without a collective effort to stop a rise in the infection rate, its prime minister said on Tuesday. The public […]

©  Sputnik / Alexey Nikolskii Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday morning that Russia has registered the world’s first vaccine against coronavirus. He says the dose is effective in forming immunity against the deadly pathogen which has spread globally. “As far as I know, a vaccine against the coronavirus infection has been registered this morning (in Russia) for the […]

Indians wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus walk at a market in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug 10, 2020.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Channi Anand The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the world has reached 20 million. That’s according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Health officials believe the actual number is much higher, […]

President Donald Trump was escorted from his daily coronavirus news briefing at the White House on Monday, later saying a shooting had occurred just outside the White House. Just as the president was delivering his opening remarks at the briefing, a Secret Service agent approached the president and told him to leave the briefing room. […]

Photo taken on March 27 shows the White House in Washington DC. Photo: Xinhua Confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US will surely exceed 5 million on Sunday. Meanwhile, the death toll has passed 160,000. It is estimated that the figure may hit 300,000 by the end of this year. It is just appalling that […]