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US skeptical of Russia’s virus vaccine safety

8:33 pm August 11, 2020

Taipei: US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says it’s more important to have a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus than to be the first to produce a vaccine. Azar, on a visit to Taiwan, was asked by ABCUS skeptical of Russia’s virus vaccine safety on Tuesday what he thought of Russia’s announcement that it […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo opens anti-China, anti-Russia tour in Czech Republic

8:28 pm August 11, 2020

Prague: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe expected to focus on threats to the region posed by Russia and China. Amid post-election violence and concerns about significant democratic backsliding in nearby Belarus, Pompeo plans to use his visit to push his hosts to counter Russian and Chinese […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin says Russia develops world’s first vaccine against coronavirus

7:06 pm August 11, 2020

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced that Russia has developed the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19 that works “quite effectively” and forms a “stable immunity” against the disease as he disclosed that one of his daughters has already been vaccinated. “A vaccine against coronavirus has been registered for the first time in the world this morning,” Putin said […]

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

Macron says conference to bring donors together

11:50 pm August 8, 2020

Beirut: French President Emmanuel Macron’s office says an international conference on Sunday is aimed at bringing donors together to provide emergency aid and equipment to the Lebanese population. Co-hosted by Macron and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the video conference will see the participation of U.S. President Donald Trump, Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Jordan King Abdullah II, Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and other […]

Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north

Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins

11:43 pm August 1, 2020

Washington: Should former Vice President Joe Biden win the White House in November, America will likely be in for a foreign policy about-face as Biden reverses, dismantles or severely curtails many of President Donald Trump’s most significant and boldest actions. From the Middle East to Asia, Latin America to Africa and, particularly, Europe, and on issues including trade, terrorism, arms control and immigration, the presumptive Democratic nominee and his […]