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Pasteur Institute ends main vaccine project

10:16 pm January 25, 2021

Paris : France’s Pasteur Institute announced on Monday it is abandoning its main COVID-19 vaccine project after clinical trial tests did not meet expectations. The decision was made in coordination with its industrial partner, U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck, the statement said. The project was attempting to develop a COVID-19 vaccine based on an existing measles vaccine. Pasteur’s statement stressed that […]

Portugal chooses a president amid a severe pandemic surge

7:06 pm January 24, 2021

Lisbon: Portugal held a presidential election Sunday, with the moderate incumbent candidate strongly favored to earn a second five-year term as a devastating COVID-19 surge grips the European Union nation. The head of state in Portugal has no legislative powers, which lie with parliament and the government, but is an influential voice in the running of the country. Marcelo Rebelo […]

Tunisia bans protests, extends curfew as virus cases jump

10:33 pm January 23, 2021

Tunis: Tunisia is extending its virus curfew and banning demonstrations as it tries to stem a rapid rise in infections and calm tensions after a week of protests and rioting over economic troubles. Starting Monday, the government is also forbidding travel between regions and ordering all people over 65 to stay at home as part […]

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

French doctors: Don”t talk on public transport

7:41 pm January 23, 2021

Paris: French doctors have new advice to slow the spread of the virus: stop talking on public transport. The French Academy of Doctors issued guidance Friday saying people should “avoid talking or making phone calls” in subways, buses or anywhere in public where social distancing isn’t possible. Masks have been required since May, but travellers often loosen […]

In a first for Spain, Jesuits admit to decades of sex abuse

11:41 pm January 22, 2021

Madrid: The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified 81 children and 37 adult victims by 96 Jesuits since the late 1920s, a much higher number than the cases that had so far been publicly known. Associations of victims are welcoming the disclosure, but they see it falling short since […]