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Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:57:00 GMT
Argentina authorizes emergency use of Sinopharm's vaccine; one million doses expected
ANMAT, Argentina’s drug regulator has authorized the emergency use of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine ahead of an expected delivery of 1 million doses of the Chinese-made jab.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:55:00 GMT
“Gines was a great minister, but what he did was unforgivable”, Argentine president
Argentine president Alberto Fernandez blasted his former health minister, and close friend, Gines Gonzalez García over an “unforgivable” coronavirus vaccine scandal, in quotes published on Sunday.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:54:00 GMT
Conservative banker will dispute the presidential runoff in Ecuador; protests expected in Quito
Ecuador's electoral authority announced on Sunday that conservative candidate Guillermo Lasso will dispute the presidential runoff next April after coming in second place in the fiercely disputed February 7 election. The third-...

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:21:00 GMT
Russia announces approval of CoviVac, a third vaccine for domestic use
Russia approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale clinical trials of the shot, labeled CoviVac and produced by the Chumakov Centre, have yet to b...

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:15:00 GMT
Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party will take legal action against Brexit
Members of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are set to take part in legal action challenging part of Brexit, the party said on Sunday. DUP opposes the Northern Ireland protocol, which covers post-Brexit trade ...

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:15:00 GMT
US reaches 500,000 Covid-19 related deaths; vaccination rate of 1,7 million a day
The United States over the weekend reached the grim milestone of 500,000 Covid-related deaths since the start of the pandemic, as the nation's top virus expert warned a semblance of normalcy may not return until the end of the ...

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:15:00 GMT
UK back at Human Rights Council with a long list of targets, China, Russia, Belarus and Myanmar
Britain this Monday will call for the United Nations to be given "urgent and unfettered" access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:10:00 GMT
Fuel prices dispute, Petrobras CEO removal trigger fears of economic populism
More changes are in the pipeline, announced Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, after replacing the CEO of the country's oil and gas giant Petrobras with a former general. The move had an immediate impact in markets given the c...

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:30:00 GMT
PM Johnson pledges all UK adults can be vaccinated by end of July
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged that every adult in the United Kingdom should have been offered a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July. The accelerated vaccine rollout would help protect the most vulnerable soon...

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:03:00 GMT
Bank of England divided over the use of negative interest rates
A member of Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, Gertjan Vlieghe, openly supported the use of negative interest rates if the U.K. needs more stimulus, while Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said the bank still had scope for...



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