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The regulator for medicines in Europe is increasing pressure to clear up safety concerns wrapped around the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The continent is facing a slow vaccination rollout and countries are threatening to halt the distribution of the vaccine. Experts fear that this might slow the rollout even further. The European Medicines Agency will announce later today the results of ...

Tanzania’s president, John Pombe Magufuli has died. The president apparently succumbed to heart failure. The Vice President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, announced and also declared a 14 day mourning period. He apparently died at 6 pm yesterday evening as he received treatment. There have been rumours for some days now that Magufuli had contracted Coronavirus. People had not seen the president ...

Former US President Donald Trump is urging his Republican supporters to get the vaccine against Covid-19, saying he would recommend it. In a TV interview, Trump said the vaccine is “safe” and “something that works”. Mr Trump’s conservative fan base has been one of the main groups resistant to the vaccine programme. The media criticized the former president himself during ...

Pressure for regulation on Jack Ma’s business empire has continued to grow. The Chinese government recently ordered Alibaba to sell off its vast collection of media assets according to a report.This request represents another escalation of regulatory pressure that has continuously heaped upon Ma’s empire. This, however, followed the spectacular failure of Ant Financial to go public in November 2020.Earlier ...

There is a crisis at the Southern border and it has mainly been caused by President Biden’s new immigration policies. He recently halted the construction of the wall and let illegal immigrants into the country.He even further promised amnesty for millions more. These disastrous policies have contributed to a surge in the number of illegal immigrants in the US. They ...