WHO plans slew of COVID-19 vaccine approvals for global rollout
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The World Health Organization plans to approve several COVID-19 vaccines from Western and Chinese manufacturers in coming weeks and months, a document published on Wednesday shows, as it aims for rapid rollouts in poorer countries. COVAX, a global scheme co-led by the WHO, wants to deliver at least two billion COVID-19 doses across […]
Asian garment makers fashion united front to pressure Western brands
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Manufacturers from the six nations that make most of the world’s clothes have forged a common front to negotiate better terms with Western fashion brands, whose cancelled orders devastated Asian garment workers early in the pandemic. “We want to come together to tackle the common problems we face. This is not […]
Power shift: Biden charts new US direction, promises many Trump reversals
BILL BARROW, of Associated Press, looks at how new US President Joe Biden is may address key issues in the US…
Central American caravan is “first moral test for Biden”, say activists
RNS Honduran migrants encountered tear gas and were struck with sticks as they pushed through lines of Guatemalan soldiers in their trek to reach Mexico and seek asylum in the United States. They departed from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, early on Friday, but by Tuesday the large caravan had largely dissolved after a dayslong standoff […]
Essay: Addressed to an incoming US President, the homily given on Inauguration Day
Rev KEVIN O’BRIEN, a Jesuit priest and president of Santa Clara University, in a homily given at the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle with then President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in attendance, talks about the “noble commission” of the new president…