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EU, US announce ‘partnership’ on global vaccine distribution effort
Date: 2021-09-22 22:33:33 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:117 - ID:9180944
BRUSSELS, Sept 22 (MENA) - The United States and European Union on Wednesday announced a partnership to further the global COVID-19 vaccination effort by vaccinating 70 percent of the world by next year’s UN General Assembly, POLITICO ....
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‘We can end the pandemic’, UN chief says in new call for global vaccine plan
Date: 2021-09-22 21:03:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:110 - ID:9180865
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday repeated his call for a global COVID-19 vaccination plan to boost production and reach millions over the coming months, in line with recommendations by the World Health ....
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Russia has no plans to use Nord Stream 2 as geopolitical instrument, says ministry
Date: 2021-09-22 20:31:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:108 - ID:9180820
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russia is not going to use the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline for geopolitical purposes, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said in an interview with TASS, adding that the project would remain solely an economic one for ....
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French ambassador returning to Washington after Biden, Macron phone call
Date: 2021-09-22 20:30:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:9180819
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - France‘s ambassador to the US will return to Washington after President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday held their first phone conversation since Paris erupted in anger over Biden‘s deal that ....
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Biden: US to send 500 mln more doses of Covid-19 vaccines to lower-income countries -- 2 last Washington
Date: 2021-09-22 20:15:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:106 - ID:9180616
Biden called on other nations to fulfill and increase their vaccine donation pledges to help put an end to the pandemic, revealing a partnership between the US and the European Union to expand global Covid-19 vaccinations. He urged other ....
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Biden: US to send 500 mln more doses of Covid-19 vaccines to lower-income countries
Date: 2021-09-22 19:59:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:103 - ID:9180608
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden announced that the US is purchasing an additional 500 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to donate to low- and lower-middle-income countries around the world, CNN reported. Addressing a virtual ....
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Top US general: Meeting with Russian counterpart 'productive'
Date: 2021-09-22 16:46:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9180541
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said his meeting with his Russian counterpart was “productive” as the US and its allies look into strategies for fighting terrorism following the US troop ....
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WHO: Afghanistan’s health system on brink of collapse
Date: 2021-09-22 14:13:14 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:78 - ID:9180113
GENEVA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmed Al-Mandhari said Afghanistan’s health system is on the brink of ....
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UN pledges dlrs 45 mn in support of Afghanistan's health sector
Date: 2021-09-22 09:38:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:45 - ID:9179336
GENEVA, Sept 22 (MENA) - United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said the UN announced allocating dlrs 45 mn by the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in support of Afghanistan's health sector, a ....
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UAE eases face mask rules in some public places
Date: 2021-09-22 08:53:05 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:35 - ID:9179344
ABU DHABI, Sept 22 (MENA) - The UAE government has eased the wearing of masks in some public places, The National reported. The decision will be most significant in Abu Dhabi, where rules required people to wear a mask in almost all public ....
