“I understand Italy,” French Health Minister Olivier Veran told BFM on Friday, when asked about the Italian export ban. “We could do the same.” Veran also said that Paris supports Brussels’ approach to vaccination campaigns in the EU. Brussels mandated this year that vaccine manufacturers must seek authorization from member …
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Based on the Saturday statement, it would appear that the claim by Gantz wasn’t backed by any actual intelligence, but was rather based on the geography of the incident and the current geopolitical situation in the Middle East. “Iran is looking to hit Israeli infrastructure and Israeli citizens. The location …
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“Let’s stop putting ideology on our children’s plates,” Denormandie tweeted on Sunday. “Let’s just give them what they need to grow well. Meat is part of it,” he wrote, adding that he had asked the region’s prefect, a state-appointed official, to overrule the move. Officials in Lyon, France’s third-largest city, …
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“I am confident that if we do this cautiously and we do it based on the data and evidence, it will be sustainable, and it will be the last time we enter a lockdown because of Covid-19,” vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News on Monday. Asked about what measures …
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The proposed inquiry is designed to “defame” the teaching community and will have a “devastating” effect, more than 600 French academics have warned, in an open letter published in Le Monde newspaper. “We can only deplore the indigence of Frederique Vidal, who is using the repertoire of the far right …
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“There will soon be jobs where, in order to work, the workers will have to either be vaccinated or undergo a Covid-19 test every 48 hours,” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Thursday. Flanked by senior Ministry of Health officials, Edelstein did not elaborate on which jobs people would be …
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Speaking to Sky News, Whately was asked about reports that the previous tiered system of lockdowns or regional Covid-19 restrictions could return as the national measures are eased. Avoiding answering the question directly, the care minister simply explained that the UK government is reluctant to reveal what the roadmap out …
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Speaking at a press conference in St. Petersburg on Monday and citing what he called Brussels’ failed political intervention in Ukraine during the country’s 2014 Maidan protests, Lavrov said that “it was then that the real humiliation of the EU took place.” Since then, Lavrov said, its politicians have been …
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Dr. Pilar Mazzetti resigned her office on Friday night, a day after testifying before the Peruvian Congress about her former boss’ alleged inoculation. It came amid rumors on social media that she may be formally censured by the lawmakers over the scandal. Peru started its national immunization effort on Tuesday, …
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on Friday that Tetsushi Sakamoto would oversee efforts to address the issue of loneliness and isolation. Sakamoto is already working on regional revitalization and reversing the country’s declining birthrate. “Women are suffering from isolation more [than men are], and the number of suicides is on …
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