UN refugee agency presses Poland to help migrants on Belarus border
Warsaw, PolandReuters The UN refugee agency UNHCR and rights groups have urged Poland to offer medical and legal support and shelter to migrants camping on the border with Belarus, a day after Warsaw said it would build a fence to prevent migrants crossing. Poland and fellow EU states Lithuania and Latvia have reported sharp increases […]
EU countries agree to share ‘solidarity vaccines’ with states in need
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Most European Union member states on Thursday agreed to share part of their upcoming vaccine deliveries with the five EU countries they said need them most. The EU’s vaccine doses are usually distributed between the bloc’s 27 countries based on population size. Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels […]
US, 13 countries concerned WHO COVID-19 origin study was delayed, lacked access – statement
Washington DC, USReuters The United States and 13 other countries expressed concerns on Tuesday that the World Health Organization report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint statement. It followed WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s assertion that data was withheld […]
Snapshot: The Freedom Monument, Riga, Latvia
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