Geopolitics

Somali President underscores need for COVID-19 vaccines for all

New York: Despite the heavy impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Somalia has continued on the path to economic reform, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said in a pre-recorded speech to the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. more

COVID-19 vaccine equality, ‘most pressing issue of our times’ – UN chief

New York: The remarkable and rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines offers “great hope” that the devastating pandemic can be overcome, the UN chief told the first Internationa ...

UN chief urges G20 finance chiefs to support global COVID vaccine plan, climate finance

New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s largest economies to spearhead a global COVID-19 vaccination plan, expand debt relief to developin ...

Landmark G7 agreement pledges 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

New York: A senior UN official welcomed on Sunday, the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations’ commitment to immediately share at least 870 million doses of COVID-19 vac ...

COVID-19: Avoid ‘nationalistic footrace’ in choosing vaccines

New York: As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments should not be viewed as “some kind of nationalistic footrace”, with ...

Joe Biden vows to get 100 mln COVID-19 vaccine shots in first 100 days of presidency

Washington/Sputnik: US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said his administration will obtain 100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots in the first 100 days of his presidency.

Cyber spy: US accuses hackers of trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine data for China

Washington: The US government has accused China of sponsoring hackers who have targeted labs developing vaccine to fight COVID-19 disease, which is believed to have spread across the glob ...