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Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Qantas to make Covid-19 vaccine compulsory for international travel

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/24/20

"We are looking at changing our terms and conditions... that we will ask people to have a vaccination before getting on the aircraft," Quantas CEO Alan Joyce said.

World

US ELECTION

Trump authorizes federal agencies to work with Biden transition team

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/24/20

On Monday, the Michigan State Board of Canvassers, the body in charge of making the state's election results official, certified the results of the election, with Biden winning the key swing state.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

WHO chief sees light at end of tunnel after news of latest vaccine

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/23/20

Tedros urged governments to make sure that every country gets vaccines.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

AstraZeneca and Oxford say Covid-19 vaccine 70% effective

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/23/20

US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech have announced that their drug is 95% effective, and that there were no safety concerns.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Swedish premier to country: "More people getting infected, more dying"

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/23/20

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven on Sunday urged the country to act as a nation and stand together against the coronavirus.

World

US ELECTION

Biden to announce cabinet picks on Tuesday

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/22/20

Biden still lacks access to normal transition material and resources, because President Donald Trump , is refusing to concede the election.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

G20 leaders pledge ‘affordable, equitable access' to vaccines

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/22/20

The bloc’s leaders said Sunday they were committed to a debt suspension initiative launched for the least-developed countries.

World

SAINT NO MORE?

Child abuse cover-up scandal taints John Paul II's legacy

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/22/20

"John Paul, in many ways an admirable man, was willfully blind to the abuse of children and young people," the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) magazine wrote last week.

World

HUMAN RIGHTS

Russia bans 25 British citizens in retaliation for sanctions

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/22/20

The issue concerns Russian officials being held responsible for the death of the lawyer and auditor Sergei Magnitsky in a prison cell in Moscow in 2009.