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A top French general in West Africa has dismissed calls for his country to engage more in Central African Republic (CAR) after rebels earlier this week attempted to take the capital Bangui, saying that the situation was different to a rebellion in 2013.

Meanwhile, in a recent report, the Norwegian Medicines Agency has said that 21 women and 8 men have shown side effects after the jabs of vaccine were shot in their bodies.

Five days before he turns in his keys at the State Department, Pompeo vowed to punish China over its clampdown in Hong Kong -- a stance backed by Biden -- but moved further away from Biden's goal of easing tensions with Iran and Cuba.

In one video, more than a dozen men wearing assault force-type garb push up the Capitol steps in a line, cutting through the dense crowd toward the building's doors.

Some EU nations are receiving fewer than expected doses of coronavirus vaccines as U.S. pharmaceutical firm Pfizer slows shipments, while Turkey and China race ahead with inoculations amid surging infections worldwide.

The cumulative death toll from the coronavirus in France rose by 636 to 69,949 on Monday as the country added a threeday batch of retirement home deaths to the tally, health ministry data showed on Friday.

A littleknown Beijing museum of urban planning looks set to see more visitors after being converted into a COVID19 vaccination site as China seeks to ramp up inoculations amid a new upsurge in infections.

Many European Union nations say they are receiving lowerthanexpected supplies of COVID19 vaccines and complain in internal meetings of uncertainty over future deliveries, EU officials told Reuters, as distribution proceeds unevenly among EU states.

Germany surpassed 2 million coronavirus infections and the death toll from the pandemic reached almost 45,000, experts said on Friday, a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded "very fast action" to curb the deadly virus.

Scores of Thai protesters briefly scuffled with police on Friday, saying they feared another student activist would be charged with insulting Thailand's king.

Presidentelect Joe Biden will on Friday outline his plan to ramp up vaccinations against COVID19 as he prepares to take office amid soaring infection rates and an early rollout by the Trump administration he called "a dismal failure."

The land is held directly and through third-party entities by Cascade Investments, Gates’ personal investment vehicle.

Presidentelect Joe Biden will unveil a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday designed to jumpstart the economy and speed up the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who specializes in nanotechnology research was arrested on U.S. charges that he failed to disclose his ties to the Chinese government when seeking federal grant money.

There have been major violations of international law at two refugee camps in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, the U.N.'s refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.

Aaron Ramsey struggled to impose himself at Juventus following his dream move from Arsenal in 2019, but he is finally proving what he can do in Italy as the Turin club continue their march back up the Serie A standings.