Communist-ruled Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades. And yet the island may be about to become the world’s smallest country to develop its own coronavirus vaccines. FRANCE 24 reports.
Biden says investment plan will help US ‘win global competition’ with China
President Joe #Biden on Wednesday outlined a $2.3 trillion #plan to reengineer the nation’s infrastructure over the next eight years in what he billed as “a once in a generation #investment in America” that would...
Coronavirus pandemic: India fights virus surge, steps up jabs amid export row
#India began vaccinating tens of thousands of people above the age of 45 on Thursday in its biggest push yet against a surging #coronavirus that has hit the highest daily count since early October, officials said...
George Floyd murder trial: A turning point for justice in the US?
The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing #GeorgeFloyd opened on March 8 in the #US city of Minneapolis. After a two-week-long jury selection process, the first witnesses took the stand...
Animal COVID vaccine. Russia cares
The world’s first animal COVID vaccine is registered in Russia.
Constitution burning in Myanmar
Demonstrators in a number of Myanmar cities and towns publicly burned copies of country’s 2008 Constitution in a protest against military government’s declaring it void and putting an interim replacement...
Hug and die? | UK minister warns against hugging
UK’s minister for tourism and sport is being criticized for telling Brits to avoid hugging to save lives