Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news_copy content on their platforms. The news_copy code legislation had been fiercely opposed by the US tech giants. Last week Facebook blocked all news_copy conten...
US regulators have found the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective. It paves the way for it to become the third Covid-19 vaccine to be authorised in the US, possibly within days. The vaccine would be a cost-effecti...
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would seek $37 billion in funding for legislation to supercharge chip manufacturing in the United States as a shortfall of semiconductors has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers to cut production. ...
European Union leaders will meet on Thursday to try to speed up the production and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in a race against the emergence of new variants that some fear could bring a third wave of the pandemic across the continent. This is rep...
Iran dismissed as “immature” a statement by a U.N. investigator that inconsistencies in its explanation of the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane last year raised questions over whether the act was intentional, Iranian media said on Thursda...
The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing COVID-19, in a potentially landmark moment for countries desperate to end lockdowns and reopen economies. Up...
The General Staff of Armenia demands the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, as well as the government. This was announced at the main headquarters of the Armed Forces of the republic. The statement was signed by the entire leadership of...
The process of vaccination against COVID-19 with Oxford/AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine provided by the Ministry of Health has begun in Kiev. According to UNIAN, the vaccination process was broadcast live on the TV channel "Kiev". The first vaccin...
In Ukraine, as of Thursday morning, 8,147 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded, 3,889 people recovered, 135 patients died, said the Minister of Health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov. "8 147 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 wer...
A spokesperson for the EU External Action Service has issued a statement on recent political developments. "Unfortunately, the political polarization has deepened since the arrest of Nikanor Melia, the leader of Georgia 's largest opposition party, ...
