International

Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 08:21 UTC
Russia announces approval of CoviVac, a third vaccine for domestic use

Russia approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale clinical trials of the shot, labeled CoviVac and produced by the Chumakov Centre, have yet to begin.
Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 08:15 UTC
Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party will take legal action against Brexit

Members of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are set to take part in legal action challenging part of Brexit, the party said on Sunday. DUP opposes the Northern Ireland protocol, which covers post-Brexit trade between Britain and Northern Ireland, because it creates barriers between the British region and the rest of the UK and has caused disruptions.
Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 08:15 UTC
UK back at Human Rights Council with a long list of targets, China, Russia, Belarus and Myanmar

Britain this Monday will call for the United Nations to be given “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region.
Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 07:39 UTC
Beijing and its imperial aspirations face the challenge of “Feminization of Male Adolescents”

By Gwynne Dyer – It seemed innocent enough at the start: just a surge in the number of boys coming to school with notes from doctors saying they were excused from playing contact sports. But pretty soon high schools all over China were having trouble finding enough willing young men to make up a football team.
Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 07:30 UTC
PM Johnson pledges all UK adults can be vaccinated by end of July

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged that every adult in the United Kingdom should have been offered a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July. The accelerated vaccine rollout would help protect the most vulnerable sooner and also enable the easing of some restrictions, the prime minister said.
Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 07:03 UTC
Bank of England divided over the use of negative interest rates

A member of Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, Gertjan Vlieghe, openly supported the use of negative interest rates if the U.K. needs more stimulus, while Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said the bank still had scope for more quantitative easing. which has been a tried and tested policy.
Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 17:19 UTC
Fifth night of violent protests in Spain; coalition government divided over the gag law which triggered the rioting

For a fifth night street protests in Spain on Saturday turned violent following the arrest of Pablo Hasél, a popular rapper, which has triggered a national debate on freedom of expression. But the disturbances have also strained relations inside the country's fragile coalition government.
Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 17:17 UTC
WTO chief calls on rich countries to share vaccines now, rather than waiting for the surplus

The World Trade Organization, WTO, chief said that UK and other wealthy nations should send Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries now rather than waiting for the surplus.
Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 17:14 UTC
Russia reported to WHO first case of avian flu H5N8 transmitted from birds to humans

Russia announced on Saturday that its scientists had detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.
Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 08:59 UTC
Johnson praises Biden as the leader of the free world helping to unite the West

United States Joe Biden has put the United States back as leader of the free world in a fantastic move that has helped the West to unite, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.