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EU regulator ‘convinced’ AstraZeneca jab benefits outweigh risks

by Danny Kemp with Agence France Presse bureaus Den Haag, Netherlands (AFP) -- The EU's medicines regulator said Tuesday it…

Eight dead in US spa shootings

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) Eight people were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of…

7 rockets target Iraq base housing US troops: security source

SAMARRA, Iraq (AFP) -- Seven rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase housing US troops north of Baghdad on Monday, a security…

N. Korean leader’s sister slams US as Biden envoys begin Asia trip

by Sunghee Hwang SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister slammed the US and…

Bolsonaro changes health official again, as Brazil’s Covid cases surge

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro announced Monday that he will appoint cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as health minister,…

Health worker in Norway dies after AstraZeneca jab

OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- A health worker in Norway has died of a brain haemorrhage after receiving the AstraZeneca anti-Covid…

Russia says Sputnik V production deals reached in key EU states

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- The developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said Monday they had reached production agreements in…

Trudeau urges Canadians to take ‘safe’ AstraZeneca shot

MONTREAL, Canada ( AFP) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday urged Canadians to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, in response…

Portugal suspends AstraZeneca jabs

LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- Portugal has followed the lead of other EU countries and stopped rolling out AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine…

Brazil orders 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil has ordered 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and another 38 million of…

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