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People wave Catalan pro-independence
Divided Catalan separatists rally ahead of talks with Madrid
BARCELONA — In their first major mass gathering since the start of the pandemic, thousands of Catalan separatists took to the streets of Barcelona on Saturday ahead of upcoming talks with the Spanish government.Protesters waved pro-independence flags and wore T-shirts with messages for their cause in downtown Barcelona. People used facemasks for the event, which went ahead after regional authorities dropped restrictions on the number of people who could gather with declining COVID-19 cases.The meeting between representatives of the Catalan and central governments doesn't have a date yet, but it is supposed to be soon.This second meeting between the two sides is supposed to advance negotiations toward the eventual finding of a solution to the political crisis that has festered since...
September 12, 2021

Divided Catalan separatists rally ahead of talks with Madrid

Pope Francis arrives at Budapest international airport, Sunday. — courtesy Twitter
Pope Francis due to meet Hungary's Orban at start of 4-day Europe trip
BUDAPEST — Pope Francis has arrived in Hungary on Sunday on his first foreign trip since undergoing intestinal surgery in July.The four-day visit to Central Europe will not only test his health but also provide one of the most awkward moments of his papacy — a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the sort of populist leader Francis typically scorns.Francis is only spending seven hours in Budapest on Sunday before moving on to a three-day, hop-scotch tour of neighboring Slovakia.Trip organizers have insisted Francis isn’t snubbing Hungary, noting that the Hungarian church and state only invited him to close out an international conference on the Eucharist on Sunday.In an interview last week, Francis said he didn’t even know if he would meet with Orban while in...
September 12, 2021

Pope Francis due to meet Hungary's Orban at start of 4-day Europe trip

Agnes Buzyn, France's health minister when the global COVID-19 pandemic erupted, was on Friday indicted for
France's ex-health minister Agnes Buzyn indicted in COVID-19 handling probe
PARIS — Agnes Buzyn, France's health minister when the global COVID-19 pandemic erupted, was on Friday indicted for "endangering the lives of others".The indictment was handed out by prosecutors of the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), as part of their investigations into the handling of the health crisis by the French government.It came hours after she was interviewed by prosecutors. Prior to her interview, she had told reporters that it was "an excellent opportunity for me to explain myself and to set the record straight.""I will not allow the government's action, my action as minister, to be sullied when we have done so much to prepare our country for a global health crisis which, I would remind you, is still going on," she added.Buzyn, 58,...
September 11, 2021

France's ex-health minister Agnes Buzyn indicted in COVID-19 handling probe

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that the Sept. 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda attacks in the US has failed to divide those who believe in freedom and democracy, marking the 20th anniversary of that day.
Johnson: Terrorists failed to divide those who believe in freedom, democracy
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that the Sept. 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda attacks in the US has failed to divide those who believe in freedom and democracy, marking the 20th anniversary of that day."While the terrorists imposed their burden of grief and suffering, and while the threat persists today, we can now say with the perspective of 20 years that they failed to shake our belief in freedom and democracy," Johnson said in the video message."They failed to drive our nations apart, or cause us to abandon our values, or to live in permanent fear." Nearly 3,000 people were killed, including more than 2,600 at the World Trade Center in New York, after hijackers seized control of airplanes and used them to attack the World Trade Center's twin...
September 11, 2021

Johnson: Terrorists failed to divide those who believe in freedom, democracy

Globally, more than 700,000 people die by suicide every year. — courtesy Unsplash/Dan Meyers
Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns
GENEVA — Suicide prevention must be prioritized after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day, commemorated annually on Sept. 10.Studies show that the global crisis has exacerbated risk factors associated with suicidal behaviours, such as job loss, trauma or abuse, mental health disorders and barriers to accessing health care.‘Urgent public health problem’ “Suicide is an urgent public health problem and its prevention must be a national priority,” said Renato Oliveira e Souza, head of the Mental Health Unit at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).“We need concrete action from all elements of society to put an end to these deaths, and for governments to create and invest in...
September 11, 2021

Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns

Hadeel Al-Zoubi is a Senior Camp Assistant for UN Women working in Za’atari and Azraq camps for displaced people in Jordan. — courtesy UN Women
A refuge from COVID misinformation
GENEVA — The COVID-19 inoculation is "just like any other vaccine" a UN Women staff member is telling the Syrian refugee women she cares for in camps in Jordan, as she tries to combat misinformation and false rumors, and avoid spikes in infection.Hadeel Al-Zoubi is a senior camp assistant working in two camps (Za’atari and Azraq) that accommodate Syrians who have fled their war-torn country. She told UN News how she has fought COVID-19 misinformation which helped her to overcome her own and others’ vaccine hesitancy.“When the coronavirus first hit, everyone feared this unknown pandemic. We did not know what to expect, especially during the lockdown period when many people started working remotely. As a frontline worker in the refugee camps, I supported more than 300...
September 11, 2021

A refuge from COVID misinformation

File photo of Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu.
Romania lurches into another political crisis as Florin Citu clings to power
BUCHAREST — It has been just nine months since the elections that saw the National Liberal Party (PNL) narrowly cling to power in Romania by forging a coalition with political newcomers and kingmakers, USR-Plus.That election saw the end of the tenure as prime minister of Ludovic Orban and his replacement by his finance minister, Florin Citu. The PNL won 41 seats to the Socialist Party’s 47, but the 25 seats won by USR-Plus and its willingness to support Citu made the difference.Now Citu’s government is on the verge of collapse after his decision to fire his justice minister. The dismissal of Stelian Ion, a member of the USR-Plus, led to the withdrawal of the smaller party from his coalition.It not only cost Citu his slim majority but a strong rebuke from his predecessor, Orban, whose...
September 10, 2021

Romania lurches into another political crisis as Florin Citu clings to power

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is vaccinated against covid-19, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday, June 4, 2021. — courtesy Philip Davali
Denmark is one of EU's first to lift all domestic COVID health restrictions
COPENHAGEN — After 548 days of restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19, Denmark's high vaccination rate has enabled the Scandinavian country to become one of the first European Union nations to lift all domestic health measures.The return to normality has been gradual, but as of Friday, the digital pass — proof of having been vaccinated — is no longer required when entering nightclubs, making it the last virus safeguard to fall.More than 80% of the Danish population above the age of 12 has had the two shots."Denmark is lifting the restrictions because the vaccine rollout has been very successful," said Jens Lundgren, Professor of Viral Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital."As a consequence, we have the pandemic under control in this country and can...
September 10, 2021

Denmark is one of EU's first to lift all domestic COVID health restrictions

File photo of Erna Solberg during electioneering in 2017 polls.
Crude awakening for Norway as election could spell end of Erna Solberg
OSLO — Erna Solberg’s long reign as the leader of Norway could come to an end next week (Sept. 13) as the Scandinavian country faces its first general election since 2017.Solberg’s coalition of right and center-right parties — which has operated as a minority government since 2020 — is likely to be eclipsed by a left-wing coalition headed by Jonas Gahr Støre, a millionaire ally of former prime minister and now NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg.Solberg, first elected in 2013 and then again in 2017, has led the Conservatives since 2004 and is now the country’s longest-serving leader. Due to the length of her tenure, as well as her commitment to economic liberalism, she has been dubbed ‘Iron Erna’ after British leader Margaret Thatcher.Although Norway has fared...
September 10, 2021

Crude awakening for Norway as election could spell end of Erna Solberg

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BioNTech is working on COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12
BERLIN — Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of BioNTech Ozlem Tureci said Friday that her German company is working to create a COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 12 within a few weeks.In the upcoming weeks, they will present to laboratories around the world the results of their study dedicated to creating a COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of five and 11.They would then apply for approval of the vaccine for this age group, Tureci was quoted as saying by the weekly magazine Der Spiegel.BioNTech started preparing for production of the vaccine, which is similar to the one for adults; yet at a lower dose, she added.Results of the study are ready and must be submitted to competent authorities, she underlined, reassuring that everything is going according to plan.Earlier,...
September 10, 2021

BioNTech is working on COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12

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