The long-awaited digital summit of US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping has ended, at which the leaders of the world’s two largest economies agreed that the risk of competition between them should be prevented. the others insisted on their fixed positions. “We did not expect any sudden progress and there was […]
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US: Space wreckage threatens International Space Station
The U.S. military says it is investigating an “incident caused by debris” in space and has forced astronauts currently on the International Space Station to take refuge on the emergency spacecraft to evacuate in case of emergency. “The US space agency has been informed of an incident that caused space debris. We are actively working […]
DR Congo: 38 dead in attacks on civilians in Beni
Thirty-eight people were killed Thursday night in Beni, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a new report on attacks in at least three villages attributed to rebels of the Islamist Allied Democratic Forces. ADF), became known today from converging sources. The Kivu Security Tracker (KST) said in a statement […]
Lukanesko-Merkel telephone conversation, according to pro-government Belarusian media
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a telephone conversation, pro-Russian pro-government media reported, amid the immigration crisis on Poland’s border with the former Soviet state. According to Pul Pervogo’s Telegram channel, which is close to the Belarusian president’s press service, Lukashenko and Merkel discussed prospects for resolving the crisis and providing […]
Spain: Hipra pharmaceutical group licensed for Phase 2 vaccine trials against COVID-19
The Spanish drug regulator has approved a request by the Catalan-based pharmaceutical group Hipra to test a vaccine against COVID-19, which it is developing in at least 1,000 volunteers, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said today. Hipra will conduct the so-called Phase 2 test – the second phase of a three-round test process – on volunteers […]
Coronavirus cases break record in Netherlands – Hospital pressure rises
The Dutch hospitals are feeling the pressure from the increase in the number of patients with Covid-19, but the worst has not yet come, said today the head of the country’s hospital association. The number of Covid-19 patients in Dutch hospitals has risen to around 2,000 today, including 400 in intensive care units, reaching its […]
Russia: Arrest warrant for the publisher of the Mediazona website
Russia’s Interior Ministry has included Peter Verzilov, publisher of the independent media outlet Mediazona, in the list of wanted persons on suspicion of hiding dual citizenship, his lawyer said today. Russia’s Investigative Committee announced last year that it had launched a criminal case against Verzilov, a well-known critic of the Kremlin, for failing to say […]
Belgium: Nightclub closure and teleworking considered
The closure of nightclubs where distances can not be observed, as well as teleworking until Christmas, is expected to be proposed to the Belgian government by the Committee for Coronavirus experts, according to today’s publication of the French-language newspaper “Le Soir”. The Belgian committee of experts proposes either the closure of the nightclubs or the […]
Britain: Police described yesterday’s explosion of a taxi in Liverpool as a ‘terrorist act’
The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a taxi in the northern English city of Liverpool. The police announced that they consider that they know the identity of the passenger, but they are not able to make it public, while he characterized the incident as a “terrorist act” and noted that the motive […]
Italy: An increase in coronavirus cases has been recorded in the last week
In Italy last week there was an increase of coronavirus cases by 42.1%. In terms of the various regions, Liguria, with its capital in Genoa, shows an increase of 88%, and the region of Friuli, in northeastern Italy, 74%. But in Lombardy, with Milan as its capital, covid 19 cases rose by 58% last week. […]
