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Biden warned Putin about sanctions "that weren't there before"
The US president said he had warned Putin of serious consequences if Russia "invaded" Ukraine. "I'm absolutely sure Putin got the signal," Biden said to Joe Biden US President Joe Biden, commenting on the talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, said that he made it clear to his interlocutor that if Russia "invades" Ukraine, Moscow will face economic consequences "that were not there bef...
Countryman Remarque and fighter against COVID-19. Who is the new Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz
Social Democrat Olaf Scholz will be sworn in to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor, which she held for 16 years. Which dear most unemotional, but popular politician of the SPD came to power - in the material of RBC. Olaf Scholz was born on June 14, 1958 in Osnabrück. This city in Lower Saxony is known as the birthplace of the German writer Erich Maria Remarque. The future chancellor comes from a ...
UK tightens entry rules due to COVID
From 04:00 on December 7, anyone over the age of 12 entering the UK will be required to submit a negative PCR or LFD test, the British government has said. Tests must be done before leaving for the UK. A day earlier, from December 6, Nigeria will be added to the "red list" of countries for travel. That is, anyone who has been in Nigeria in the last ten days will be banned from entering. The ban do...
US announces new sanctions ahead of Democracy Summit
The United States Department of the Treasury will introduce a series of sanctions as part of the "Summit for Democracy", which will be held from December 9 to 10 via videoconference. This was reported by representatives of the US presidential administration to The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. Washington did not specify who exactly the restrictions would be imposed against, but indicated that t...
Blinken threatened Russia with sanctions that the United States has not applied before
threatened Russia in the event of aggression against Ukraine with such sanctions that they did not dare to apply before. The announcement came after a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers Anthony Blinken In the event of Russian aggression against Ukraine, the United States will invoke such effective sanctions that it has previously refrained from applying. This was stated by US Secretary of State Ant...
Bloomberg announced the imminent approval of new EU sanctions against Belarus
The EU will approve another package of sanctions against Belarus this week. According to the agency, 17 individuals and 11 legal entities will be subject to restrictions, including Grodno Azot, EU member states this week will approve a new package of sanctions against Minsk due to the migration crisis on the border with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, Bloomberg reports, citing two sources familiar w...
Eurozone inflation reaches historic high
November 30, Minsk. Inflation in the Eurozone soared to its highest level on record in November due to a sharp rise in energy prices. This was reported by Reuters with reference to Eurostat data.Consumer price growth in the 19 countries that use the euro accelerated to 4.9% in November, compared with 4.1% a month earlier, the highest level in 25 years since the calculation of this indicator. Infla...
The UN compared the vaccination rates of low- and high-income countries
No low-income country has vaccinated 40% of its population against COVID-19 , while 71 high-income countries have. This was stated at a briefing by the representative of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric. So, when asked about the implementation of the UN goal to vaccinate 40% of the world's population by the end of 2......
Pfizer adapts COVID-19 vaccine to omicron strain
BioNTech, together with Pfizer, has begun work on adapting a coronavirus vaccine to the omicron strain. The head of Moderna, in turn, said BioNTech and Pfizer have begun working together to adapt their coronavirus vaccine in case it doesn't work against the new omicron strain. About it writes Reuters with reference to the statement of BioNTech. The document states that the development of an adapte...
Protest against anti-COVID restrictions in Prague
Photo REUTERSTopic newsTopic newsTopic news November 29, Minsk. A protest rally against the measures of sanitary and epidemiological safety introduced by the Czech authorities due to the accelerating spread of coronavirus infection in the republic was held on Sunday at the Letensky field near the historical center of Prague. It is reported by TASS.About 3,......
First country closes borders to foreigners due to omicron strain
Israel will close entry for foreigners for two weeks. Citizens of the country returning to their homeland will tighten the rules for testing and self-isolation From Sunday evening, November 28, the Israeli authorities will ban the entry of foreigners for two weeks due to the spread of a new strain of coronavirus B.1.1.529, which is called "omicron". It is reported by the Times of Israel. The measu...
WHO recognizes a new strain of coronavirus in South Africa as a threat to the world
The World Health Organization has warned that existing vaccines may not be as effective in the case of another strain of coronavirus The World Health Organization (WHO) has assigned the Greek letter omicron (O) to a new strain of coronavirus that was identified in South Africa. Experts have concluded that another type of virus could threaten countries that are already fighting the spread of infect...
Biden named a way to stop the COVID pandemic
According to the American president, only global vaccination will help stop the pandemic. Biden urged to lift restrictions on vaccines in connection with the emergence of a new strain US President Joe Biden announced the need to abandon intellectual property for vaccines in connection with the emergence of a new strain in South Africa, which WHO has recognized as dangerous to the whole world. “Rep...
EU confirms first case of South African strain
The first case of infection with the South African strain of coronavirus (B.1.1.529) was detected in Belgium. This was announced by the Minister of Health of the country, Frank Vandenbroek, in an interview with the local TV channel LN24. Reuters specifies that this is the first reported case of this variant in the EU. “One case of infection with this strain has been registered in Belgium,” the min...
London admits a decrease in the effectiveness of vaccines due to a new strain of COVID
Coronavirus vaccines may be less effective against a new strain found in southern Africa. British Health Minister Sajid Javid warned about this, reports Reuters. “What we know for sure is that [this strain] has a significant number of mutations, probably twice the number of mutations that we observed in the delta variant,” the minister said. Javid noted that this indicates that the new B.1.1.529 s...
Merkel threatened Russia with new sanctions
According to the outgoing chancellor, the EU should unite in connection with the situation on the border of Poland and Belarus, as well as around Ukraine Angela Merkel The EU should introduce new sanctions against Russia in the event of an escalation of the situation in Ukraine. Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel made the announcement during a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister ...
In the United States allowed the introduction of mandatory booster doses for vaccinated against COVID-19
The United States may introduce the concepts of "complete" and "complete" levels of vaccination, as soon as the country has gained enough experience in handling the drugs used for it. The latter involves the introduction of three doses of the vaccine for drugs from Pfizer and Moderna and two for the drug from Johnson & Johnson. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and In...
Slovakia will introduce a lockdown for the unvaccinated against COVID-19
New restrictive measures in Slovakia will come into force on November 22. They are for three weeks. Previously, a lockdown for the unvaccinated was introduced in Austria From November 22, the Slovak authorities will introduce a lockdown in the country for citizens who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus infection against the backdrop of a sharp increase in the number of cases and hospital...
EU to ban Belavia from leasing aircraft under new package of sanctions
The Belarusian air carrier will not be able to enter into new leasing contracts with European companies, and will also have to return the planes according to the old ones.This will deprive the company of more than half of the fleet EU sanctions against Belarus include the termination of leasing contracts with the state-owned airline Belavia , Irish Foreign and Defense Minister Simon Covney said. “...
French Foreign Minister announced EU plans to impose sanctions against Wagner PMCs
The EU began to discuss the possible imposition of sanctions against Wagner PMCs in connection with the situation in Mali. Lavrov said, The European Union agreed to prepare legal parameters for possible sanctions against a private military company known as Wagner PMC, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. “There is a general desire to determine the legal basis for the sanctions that wil...
Russia will not participate in US-convened ministerial meeting on COVID-19
According to Maria Zakharova, the invitation for Minister Sergei Lavrov came at the end of October, but at that time the Foreign Minister's schedule had already been scheduled.The meeting is held online November 10 Maria Zakharova Russia will not be able to take part in the US -sponsored meeting of foreign ministers on the coronavirus pandemic, as Washington sent an invitation too late, Russian Fo...
Bird flu returns to Poland
Poland reported another wave of bird flu outbreaks this week, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. To date, several outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza have been reported in poultry farms with a total population of approximately 650,000 birds. According to the OIE, five outbreaks, four of which occurred on turkey fattening farms and one on a broiler poultr...
China meat imports down 12.8% last month
China has once again reduced the demand for meat imports: in October, the country bought only 664,000 tons from abroad. According to official data, this is the lowest volume of meat imports to China in the last 20 months. This figure is 12.8% lower than in October 2020, and also 30,000 tons less than the previous month. Imports for the first 1......
US senators proposed new sanctions against Nord Stream 2
A group of senators proposed imposing sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG. May USArefused such a measure. As Biden explained, the introduction of new restrictions would be "unproductive" for relations with Europe. A group of Republican senators has come up with a new initiative that provides for the imposition of sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 project, Reuters reported. Such a proposal was sen...
The G20 countries decided to get rid of carbon emissions by the middle of the XXI century
The G20 countries have recognized the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by the middle of this century.They also expressed their readiness to restore international travel and tourism based on common standards and requirements. The leaders of the G20 countries declared the need to achieve carbon neutrality throughout the planet by the middle of the 21st century. This is stated in the decl...
In China, COVID-19 was found on the packaging of seafood from Russia
Chinese customs has imposed a temporary ban on the import of seafood for two Russian producers due to the detection of COVID-19 on packages of frozen fish. This was reported on the website of the General Administration of Customs of China. “In connection with the detection of the nucleic acid of the new coronavirus in two samples from the outer packaging of two batches of frozen salmon imported fr...
The Kremlin responded to the lack of documents for the registration of "Sputnik V"
The Kremlin does not understand what documents are missing for the registration of the Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus in Europe, but they are ready to provide them. This was stated by the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, the European Medical Agency (EMA) still believes that an incomplete set of documents for the registration ...
China approves import of breeding pigs from Ireland
China has allowed the import of breeding pigs from Ireland, Reuters reported on Tuesday. According to Irish Minister of Agriculture Charlie McConalog, this is a "major milestone" in gaining access to the Chinese market. According to a notice posted on the website of the General Administration of Customs, breeding pigs must be quarantined in Ireland for at least 3......
China records highest pork production in three years after restocking
China's third-quarter pork production rose to its highest level in three years, according to official data released on October 18. Reuters reports that the surge in pork production came after producers built thousands of large breeding farms in 2020 to rebuild the nation's pig herd, which has been decimated by recurring outbreaks of African swine fever since 2......
What new ambitious players have come to telemedicine. Investment digest
Telemedicine has received a strong boost in the world during the pandemic. New practices of interaction with patients can radically change the perception of the healthcare industry. Which players will be the main beneficiaries of this trend? big trend Where to look: stocks AMZN, GOOG, AAPL. Health in the focus of tech giants The cost of medical care in the US is out of control. In the US, healthca...

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