BERLIN – Germany’s health inspectorate reported 2,034 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, the first time the daily national increase since the end of April has been 2,000. The Robert Koch Institute calls the coronavirus outbreaks “very concerning.” They are reported in various institutions, including nursing homes and hospitals, schools, …
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CHICAGO / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Approximately one-fifth of the 11,000 people enrolled in a 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech (22UAy.F) are Black as Latino, groups among the hardest hit by the coronavirus virus pandemic, said a top Pfizer executive. PHILO PHOTO: …
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Belarusian opposition politicians Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called for more mass protests against the 26-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, while also announcing that she would not run for president if fresh elections are held. Tikhanovskaya, who became Lukashenko’s rival in the August 9 elections, in which he was declared the …
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This week, Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko visited one of the nation’s major state factories in the capital, Minsk, of purpose to show that he still had support despite national calls for his dismissal. He had done well to remember Nicolae Ceausescu. The decision of Romania’s last communist leader to counter …
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A former U.S. Army Green Beret living in Northern Virginia has been arrested and charged with spreading military secrets about his unit’s activities over more than a decade of contacts with Russian intelligence. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, told Russian intelligence that he considered himself a son of Russia, according …
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