Daily Archives: 19 March 2021

Aggro in Anchorage as US and China trade barbs

Aggro in Anchorage as US and China trade barbs

Diplomatic niceties were dumped at the first meeting of top-level officials from the Biden administration and China, where the US warned Beijing’s behaviour could lead to a ‘far more violent world’ and Beijing returned fire with taunts over Black Lives Matter.

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'So bad for you': doctors flee crisis-hit Lebanon

'So bad for you': doctors flee crisis-hit Lebanon

US-trained emergency doctor Nour al-Jalbout wanted desperately to serve her fellow Lebanese, but less than two years after returning home she says the country's catastrophes are forcing her to leave. "I gave everything I had to Lebanon for these two years …

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Countries resume AstraZeneca shots

Countries resume AstraZeneca shots

Nearly a dozen countries have resumed use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots as EU and British regulators say the benefits outweigh any risks after reports of rare instances of blood clotting that temporarily halted inoculations. The end of suspensions will …

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