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German financial oversight head out after Wirecard scandal

11:26 pm January 29, 2021

Berlin: The head of Germany’s financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganised in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the finance ministry said Friday. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said after the scandal erupted last year that he wanted to revamp the country’s financial oversight system. One-time tech star Wirecard filed for protection […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

WHO Europe: Vaccine production delays are a real issue

10:13 pm January 28, 2021

Geneva : National tensions are erupting over slow coronavirus vaccine rollouts but production delay issues are real and world leaders must realize that “no one is safe until everyone is safe,” the European chief for the World Health Organization said Thursday. Dr Hans Kluge said international solidarity in the fight against the virus that has already killed 2.1 million […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

China envoy urges EU to develop its ‘strategic autonomy’

11:59 pm January 27, 2021

Brussels: China‘s envoy to the European Union on Wednesday urged the 27-nation bloc to deepen its ties with his country even further and said that he hoped the EU’s desire for ”strategic autonomy” will guide its foreign policy in the future. The EU is China’s biggest trading partner, but they are also economic competitors, and as Beijing has become […]

Tensions rise as AstraZeneca, EU hold vaccine delivery talks

7:42 pm January 27, 2021

Brussels: The European Union‘s dispute with AstraZeneca intensified Wednesday with the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker denying the EU’s assertion that it had pulled out of talks on vaccine supplies. AstraZeneca said in a statement that it still planned to meet with EU officials in Brussels later in the day. The comments came after EU officials said the company had informed the […]

German governor apologizes for ‘little Merkel’ comment

6:51 pm January 27, 2021

Berlin: A German state governor has apologized for referring to Chancellor Angela Merkel as “little Merkel” during a recent online event, saying he had unintentionally displayed macho behaviour. Bodo Ramelow, who governs the state of Thuringia, told German weekly Die Zeit that he greatly regretted using the term “Merkelchen” while talking chatting with other politicians and the public on the […]