- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityCovid 19
Quad Leaders issue Joint Statement after first In Person Summit at White House
Joint Statement by Quad: We, the leaders of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, convened today in person as “the Quad” for the first time. On this historic occasion…
Exclusive – EU regulator to decide on Pfizer booster at the start of October – source
By Emilio Parodi and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency (EMA) expects to decide in early October on the possible use of a booster dose of the…
PM Modi in US – Contours of Four Days Visit
Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi will pay an official working visit to the United States of America from the 22nd to the 25th of September. Post Covid, this will be…
Americas health agency sees COVID outbreaks continuing into 2022
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday that countries in the region could continue to face localized COVID-19 outbreaks "well into 2022"…
Severe COVID-19 may trigger autoimmune conditions; New variants cause more virus in the air
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have…
Developing nations’ plea to world’s wealthy at U.N.: stop vaccine hoarding
By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Leaders from developing nations warned the U.N. General Assembly this week that COVID-19 vaccine hoarding by wealthy countries left the door open for…
Japan to double COVID-19 vaccine donations to other countries to 60 million doses
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to give other countries 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday, doubling the target from the previous pledge of…
Italy triples pledge to provide other nations with COVID-19 vaccines
ROME (Reuters) - Italy plans to give other countries 45 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year, three times its original pledge, Prime Minister Mario Draghi…
U.S.’ Blinken to convene foreign ministers on COVID-19 commitments before year’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he would personally convene world foreign ministers before the end of the year to follow up on commitments…
PM Modi’s Departure Statement ahead of his visit to USA
Statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi: "I will be visiting USA from 22-25 September, 2021 at the invitation of His Excellency President Joe Biden of the United States of America…
Brazil and Argentina tapped to make mRNA vaccines in Latin America
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has selected two biomedical centers in Argentina and Brazil as regional hubs to develop and produce mRNA-based vaccines to fight COVID-19…
Vax van seeks to avert super-spreader event at U.N. summit
By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a new take on vaccine diplomacy, a free mobile COVID-19 testing and vaccination station is welcoming world leaders and delegates at this…
