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69 countries & millions of jabs later, Sputnik V is a year old: Russia marks milestone for world’s 1st registered Covid-19 vaccine

Knowingly named after Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite, the Russian-made shot has now been approved in 69 different countries…

3 years ago

IMF’s $650 billion in pandemic relief will mostly go to rich countries

“The Board of Governors of the IMF… approved a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to US$650 billion…

3 years ago

France to require 24-hour negative Covid test for unvaccinated travelers from UK & 5 EU countries

The deadline for a negative Covid-19 test was reduced from 48 hours before departure to 24 hours for unvaccinated travelers…

3 years ago

‘Many US commentators have never BEEN to countries they comment on, see entire world from Washington perspective’ – Stephen Kinzer

I asked the author and journalist Stephen Kinzer how the corporate media came to be so devoid of honest content…

3 years ago

The West has no right to preach to Muslim countries about human rights in China

Over the weekend, Axios journalist Jonathan Swan interviewed Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on HBO. The outlet is well-known for…

3 years ago

China ramps up investment into countries participating in the New Silk Road initiative

According to official data, outbound investment into manufacturing and information transmission sectors continued to grow. The manufacturing sector attracted $7.2…

3 years ago

Still ‘no reason’ to remove US from Russia’s list of ‘unfriendly countries’, despite cordial Putin-Biden summit, says Kremlin

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden met at Villa La Grange, a historic 18th-century…

3 years ago

G7 nations to provide 1 billion Covid-19 vaccines for ‘neediest’ countries, but it’s not enough, says WHO

On the final day of the G7 meeting in Cornwall, England on Sunday, the group announced that it had agreed…

3 years ago

Why does Joe Biden feel the need to tell people in other countries what to do, even when he can’t get Americans to obey him?

Joe Biden was supposed to be a new broom for America after the chaotic reign of Donald Trump. He hinted…

3 years ago

Russia to resume passenger flights to multiple countries, including UK and Austria

“Since the epidemiological situation in the UK has improved, the [Russian Covid-19] crisis center has decided not to extent the…

3 years ago