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Politico: 8 death at Polish border as body of 19-year-old Syrian man found in river

Polish divers on Oct. 20 afternoon found the dead body of a 19-year-old Syrian man in the river Bug at the Belarus border, as the number of deaths at …
POLITICO

Reuters: WHO says indoor life as winter sets in is driving COVID-19 rise in Europe

GENEVA – More social mixing indoors after the lifting of restrictions just as winter sets in is driving a rise in COVID-19 infections in many …
Reuters

Georgian minister currently sees no grounds for Saakashvili’s hospitalization

TBILISI – Georgia’s ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has gone on hunger strike in the Rustavi prison, is fine and his condition does not require …
Interfax-Ukraine

France 24: Germany seeks to curb migrant influx from Belarus

Germany has suggested increasing joint patrols along its border with Poland in response to increasing numbers of migrants arriving via Belarus. Read …
France 24

Georgian PM: Saakashvili may only be transferred to prison hospital

TBILISI – If former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s health deteriorates due to the hunger strike he began on Oct. 1, he will be transferred …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Pfizer, BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID-19 booster shot in study

BERLIN – A booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) restored efficacy to 95.6% …
Reuters

Reuters: EU drug regulator to announce results of Moderna booster shot review next week

LONDON – The European Union drug regulator expects to announce the results of its review of Moderna’s COVID-19 booster vaccine and start a rolling …
Reuters

Financial Times: Europe after Merkel – will Germany take a tougher approach?

As Europe hurtles in direction of an indignant showdown with Poland over the primacy of EU law, one politician is making an attempt tougher than most …
Financial Times

New York Times: Ex-Giuliani ally gained easy access to Trump’s orbit, texts show

Lev Parnas appeared to parlay donations to Republican candidates into influence and access — and money from a Russian tycoon. Read more here.
New York Times

Associated Press: Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging?

WASHINGTON — Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging? Yes, as long as the virus that caused the pandemic keeps infecting people. But that …
Associated Press

CNN: Giuliani associate Lev Parnas will not testify in his own defense

A federal jury is expected to begin deliberations in the campaign finance case against Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas on Oct. 21. Read more …
CNN

Voice of America: NATO defense ministers to discuss Afghanistan, Russia tensions

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Brussels for a meeting of NATO defense ministers on Oct. 21-22 to talk about security issues in Afghanistan, …
Voice of America

Wall Street Journal: Exxon debates abandoning some of its biggest oil and gas projects

Exxon Mobil Corp.’s remade board of directors is debating whether to continue with several major oil and gas projects as the company reconsiders its …
Wall Street Journal

Voice of America: How LinkedIn China outlasted other US tech giants and why it’s departing now

American-born entrepreneur Danny Levinson estimates half of his LinkedIn connections come from inside China. He has been using the social media …
Voice of America

BBC: WHO warns pandemic will drag on into 2022

The Covid pandemic will “go on for a year longer than it needs to” because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health …
BBC

Another person who helped Saakashvili cross border detained in Georgia

TBILISI – Georgian police have detained another person as part of a criminal case involving illegal crossing of the Georgian border by former …
Interfax-Ukraine

Saakashvili decides to continue hunger strike

TBILISI – Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is continuing his hunger strike in prison, but has agreed to medical intervention by …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Doctors recommend transfer of Saakashvili to hospital

TBILISI — Doctors examining former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike in a penitentiary for nearly three weeks, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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