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Wall Street Journal: CureVac shelves Covid-19 vaccine, focuses on next-generation shot

Germany’s CureVac NV said it would shelve its most advanced Covid-19 vaccine and focus on a new version, in the latest sign that efforts to develop …
Wall Street Journal

Reuters: IMF’s Georgieva focused on global challenges after getting board’s backing

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva is fully focused on global challenges, she said on Tuesday, after the fund’s executive board cleared her of claims that …
Reuters

BBC: Apple shares drop on reports of iPhone 13 chip shortage

Apple’s shares dropped on Tuesday following reports it could slash its iPhone 13 production targets due to the ongoing global computer chip …
BBC

Globe and Mail: KGB archives show how Chrystia Freeland drew the ire (and respect) of Soviets

The Soviet Union’s secret police, the infamous KGB, praised her savvy and erudition, even as she frustrated their attempts to spy on her in Cold War …
Globe and Mail

BBC: Merkel warns against descent into chaos

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned the international community not to let Afghanistan descend into chaos. Read more here.
BBC

Georgian authorities have barred Saakashvili from making phone calls

TBILISI – The Georgian authorities are seeking to isolate former President Mikheil Saakashvili by not allowing him to make telephone calls from …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Ex-Giuliani associate Parnas heads to trial in US campaign finance case

A one-time associate of Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani heads for a trial on Oct. 12 that could shed light on how campaign finance operates …
Reuters

RFE/RL: IMF reaffirms ‘full confidence’ in Georgieva

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed its full confidence in Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva after …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Georgia seeing spike in coronavirus morbidity

TBILISI – Georgia has registered 4,774 new cases of COVID-19 and 37 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Georgian Health Ministry said on Oct. 12. There …
Interfax-Ukraine

BBC: Report concludes UK’s early COVID response was a failure

The UK’s failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the worst ever public health failures, a report by MPs says. Read …
BBC

Associated Press: Giuliani associates face trial in campaign finance scheme

NEW YORK — Lev Parnas once pitched himself in TV interviews and through an unorthodox publicity campaign by his lawyer as someone who could expose …
Associated Press

The Economist: Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of the web

Who should police the internet? For some time now the question has tied companies, regulators and campaigners in knots. Social networks spend billions …
The Economist

New York Times: A WHO panel recommends additional vaccine doses for immunocompromised people

Severely or moderately immunocompromised people who have been vaccinated should be offered an additional dose of the seven coronavirus vaccines the …
New York Times

BBC: Nobel Prizes won’t have gender quotas, scientist says

The head of the academy that awards the Nobel Prizes in science has said it will not introduce gender quotas. Goran Hansson, head of the Royal …
BBC

Wall Street Journal: Oil price jumps above $80, turbocharged by supply shortages

The extended climb in oil prices is leaving some other industrial commodities behind, a divergence that reflects bets that energy supply shortages …
Wall Street Journal

Reuters: AstraZeneca antibody cocktail succeeds in late-stage study to treat COVID-19

AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) experimental COVID-19 drug has helped cut the risk of severe disease or death in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said …
Reuters

Euronews: Lithuania converts prison into migrant reception center

With only a few weeks’ notice, the Lithuanian border guard service has turned a large prison in the southwest of the country into the country’s …
Euronews

BBC: US, Taliban discuss aid in first direct talks since US exit

The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the country’s Taliban rulers say. Read more here.
BBC
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