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Not so long ago, a mention of the Russian-made Sputnik V covid vaccine would provoke mockery. But it turns out the world despised what has grown to become one of the successful drugs in the fight against Covid-19.‘’There’s no way in hell the U.S. tries this on monkeys, let alone people,’’ a Trump official told reporters in August.The Sputnik V ...

Amidst all population drop fears in China, the number of newborns drastically fell by almost 15% in 2020. This came during a time of widespread concern over failing birthrates in the world’s most populous country. Figures released by the Ministry of Public Security this week shows 10.03 million new babies were born in 2020. However, the year before that, a ...

President Biden said on Friday that the former president, Donald Trump should not receive intelligence briefings. He said authorities usually give ex-presidents this classified information in form of briefings. He cited Trump’s ‘’erratic behavior’’ and the risk that Trump might recklessly reveal sensitive information. Biden stopped short of announcing that he had officially decided to prevent his predecessor from receiving ...

On Tuesday, the Biden Administration said it will start distributing limited supplies of the Covid-19 vaccines directly to pharmacies. The distribution of the Covid vaccines will begin on February 11. This will be an effort to make it easy for people to get inoculated.These doses of the vaccine are, however, separate from those allocated to the states.Joe Biden’s coronavirus coordinator, ...

The government of Chad has barred the opposition from staging protests ahead of an expected announcement by President Idriss Deby Itno’s party. Apparently, the veteran leader will be its champion in upcoming elections. In a decree published late Monday, Public Security Minister Mahamat Tahir Orozi said the authorities cannot allow the holding of such protests. He claims the protests have ...