#Germany‘s conservative #CDU party will pick a new #leader on Saturday from three candidates: moderate Armin Laschet, arch-conservative Friedrich Merz and outsider Norbert Roettgen. FRANCE 24’s International...
Brazil’s Amazonas state running out of oxygen as Covid-19 surges
Scores of #Covid-19 patients in the #Amazon rainforest’s biggest city will be transferred out of state as the local health system collapses and dwindling stocks of #oxygen tanks mean Brazilians have started to die...
Ex-state governor charged in Flint water crisis
Ex-#Michigan governor Rick Snyder is among a number of former state officials charged over the #FlintWaterCrisis, authorities said Thursday, the latest development in a years-long health #scandal that has come to...
‘We cannot afford inaction’ on economy: Biden unveils plan to support pandemic-hit economy
President-elect Joe #Biden on Thursday made the case for his $1.9 trillion #stimulus proposal, saying the #USeconomy is in need of urgent help as Covid-19 cases surge. The return on these investment in jobs, racial...
Health workers first in line as Turkey launches Sinovac vaccine rollout
#Turkey began administering #Covid-19 shots developed by China’s #Sinovac to health workers on Thursday, as it vaccinated more than 260,000 people as part of a nationwide programme against the virus.
