- 02 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National Securitycovid
Factbox-Top pain points between U.S. and China as Xi, Biden meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will hold an online meeting on Monday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the most extensive leader-level talks between the two nations under the…
Chinese city Dalian halts frozen food trade after COVID-19 cases
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese port city Dalian has ordered all businesses handling imported chilled and frozen foods to suspend operations after an outbreak of COVID-19 that began last week. The…
Israel pandemic advisory panel backs COVID vaccine for young children
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's pandemic advisory board on Wednesday backed administering Pfizer's and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to children age 5-11, health officials said, as a fourth wave of infections subsides…
U.S. says delivering on vaccine pledge to Asia key to Quad credibility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delivering on a pledge to supply COVID-19 vaccine doses to Southeast Asia is critical to the credibility of the Quad group of countries, which made the commitment…
Life after COVID: EU re-thinks budget rules for new era
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - So often the source of rows between its members, the European Union starts reviewing its rules for national budgets on Tuesday to fit a…
WHO advises additional COVID shot for immunocompromised people
By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Monday recommended that immunocompromised people be given an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine, due to their higher…
British military deliver fuel in gas station crisis
By Henry Nicholls and Hannah McKay PURFLEET, England (Reuters) -British military personnel in fatigues began delivering fuel on Tuesday to ease an acute trucker shortage that triggered panic buying at…
At 87%, India has the highest FinTech adoption rate in the world against the global average of 64%
The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal has said India is poised to become one of the largest…
Visit of H.E. Mr. Nikola Selaković, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia to India
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, H.E. Mr. Nikola Selaković, paid an official visit to India on 19-20 September 2021, as a special envoy of the President of Serbia.…
EU fails to confirm if women, young adults at higher clot risk from AstraZeneca shot
(Reuters) - Europe's drugs regulator said on Friday it could not confirm if women and young adults were at a higher risk of rare blood clots with low platelets following…
Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan – WHO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western donors who finance them are barred from dealing with…
Mu: everything you need to know about the new coronavirus variant of interest
The World Health Organization (WHO) has added another coronavirus variant to its list to monitor. It’s called the mu variant and has been designated a variant of interest (VOI). What…
