US President Joe Biden’s administration has agreed to push forward with the controversial sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye, just hours after Ankara stopped standing in the way of Sweden’s membership in NATO. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed the decision on Tuesday, saying Biden would work …
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The Russian government has approved a state loan to finance the construction of two nuclear reactors for Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Power Plant, known as the Paks-2 project, according to a decree published on the government’s official portal for legal information on Saturday. Under the decree, Moscow has pledged to allocate …
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Hungary has received the European Commission’s approval to amend contracts for new reactors at its Paks nuclear power plant (NPP), developed by Russia’s Rosatom, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has revealed. The Paks NPP produces more than half of the electricity consumed in the country. Moscow and Budapest struck the plant-expansion …
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The US House of Representatives has voted unanimously to pass a bill that would direct the federal government to declassify all information related to the genesis of the Covid-19 pandemic, sending the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk. The legislation cleared the House on Friday, with 204 Democrats joining 215 …
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The US State Department has greenlit a potential deal that would see the US providing Taiwan with equipment and relevant training to support its Patriot air defense systems, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency told the media on Wednesday. According to the Pentagon, the total value of the deal might …
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Those who are “moderately and severely immunocompromised” may receive a total of four vaccine doses, including an initial two-shot inoculation, one additional dose followed by yet another booster, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an updated guidance on Tuesday. The immunocompromised were the first to …
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The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted on Thursday in favor of Moderna’s request for boosters, saying that adults 65 and older, as well as younger adults with health problems, jobs or living situations that put them at increased risk of the coronavirus should have access to them, …
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Heeding advice from its special panel on vaccines, the FDA on Wednesday moved to approve a third dose of the US drugmaker’s Covid-19 vaccine to be used on seniors as well as “individuals 18 through 64 years of age and at high risk of severe Covid-19” and adults “whose frequent …
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“After a thorough review of the available data, the FDA determined that this small, vulnerable group may benefit from a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Vaccines,” acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said in a statement on Thursday night. The immunocompromised include cancer patients and those undergoing chemotherapy, organ …
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Deputy Health Secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell told reporters on Tuesday that the vaccine had been authorized for import and use on an emergency basis, after hinting last week that approval would come within a matter of days. “COFEPRIS has just granted a permit for the emergency use of the Sputnik V …
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