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WHO warns against overpriced Covid vax
"We have received concerns regarding other vaccines with intermediates selling it (one vaccine) at a much higher price than what has been actually sold by the manufacturers," said Mariangela Batista Galvao Simao, WHO Assistant Director-General for Access to Medicines and Health Products, during a press conference here on Monday.
Statue toppled in Canada amid calls to rename varsity
Ryerson, a Methodist minister, was believed to be one of the key designers of the notorious indigenous residential school system in Canada, reports Xinhua news agency. In a statement issued Monday, Ryerson University President Mohamed Lachemi said the statue "will not be restored or replaced". The statue was toppled on Sunday evening after hundreds of people rallied in Toronto in honour of the 215 children.
Unclear if Iran prepared to return to compliance with nuclear deal: Blinken
"We've been engaged in indirect conversations for the last couple of months, and it remains unclear whether Iran is willing and prepared to do what it needs to do to come back into compliance," Blinken told a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday. "We're not even at the stage of returning to compliance for compliance," he said. "We don't know if that's actually going to happen."
Nigeria Twitter suspension in national interest: FM
Onyeama made the announcement here on Monday in a closed-door meeting with ambassadors and representatives of the US, the UK, Canada, Ireland and the European Union, reports Xinhua news agency. He told reporters that President Buhari is keen on ensuring the peace and security of Nigerians and Nigeria, and that the government advocates responsible use of social media platforms that would not destabilise the country's peace.
Concerned China extends hand of friendship to Indonesia
In the inaugural meeting of the China-Indonesia high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism held in Guiyang City on Saturday, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Indonesian President's special envoy and the country's Coordinator for Cooperation with China, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, that the two countries should leverage the new mechanism, and expand their cooperation into the maritime sector in addition to politics.
PM Imran Khan cancelled his phone call with Afghan President Ghani amid Kabul-Islamabad rift
There is no word in the media about the cancellation of the phone call, according to Pakistani sources. There are two reasons for this. First, Ghani's remarks against Pakistan in an interview with Der Spiegel and his national security adviser, Hamdullah Mohib's incendiary comments calling Pakistan a "brothel house", just days after Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's visit to Kabul on May 10, have angered Pakistan.
'Pentagon creates world's largest clandestine force for nefarious ops'
The Newsweek magazine's exclusive report, titled "Inside the Military's Secret Undercover Army", said that after a two-year investigation, it found "some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called 'signature reduction'". "What emerges is a window into not just a little-known sector of the American military, but also a completely unregulated practice," it said.
US SC rules against temporary immigrants seeking green cards
Thousands of immigrants, including many who have lived in the country for years, could be affected by Monday's ruling, reports Xinhua news agency. Justice Elena Kagan said the unanimous decision was "a straightforward application" of American law, which generally requires an immigrant to have been lawfully admitted to the US to be eligible for a green card.
US govt lab in 2020 concluded Covid-19 leaked from Wuhan: Report
The study prepared in May 2020 by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California said that "the hypothesis claiming the virus leaked from a Chinese lab in Wuhan is plausible and deserves further investigation", WSJ reported. The study, dated May 27 was also used by the State Department in its own inquiry into the pandemic's origins in October last year, during the Trump administration.
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid elected UNGA President defeating Afghan nominee
Shahid, who was backed by India, received 143 votes to former Afghanistan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rasoul's 48 in the elections held on Monday. Shahid pledged a "presidency of hope" for a world struggling to recover from the devastation wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. He will preside over the Assembly session that starts in September, succeeding Turkey's Volkan Bozkir.
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