By Ben Knight, Alex Berry (DW) – For the first time ever, the acting US president spoke at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) to re-affirm the trans-Atlantic alliance, which many world leaders feared had been left in diplomatic disarray by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
“I speak today as president of the United States and I’m sending a clear message to the world: America [...]
WebPublicaPress (New York) – Although the US has hit a grim milestone in the pandemic, overall daily case numbers and deaths are dropping. President Joe Biden has urged Americans to “remain vigilant.” The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 500,000 on Monday, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University.
The US has by [...]
By Roderic Grigson - It takes years to write a good book, and in this insightful memoir, Thalif Deen, a former UN Bureau Chief and Regional Director at Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency, recounts colourful and amusing stories from his 40-year career ‘reporting from the United Nations’.
No Comment is told through a series of news stories, interviews, [...]
By Car Nebe (DW) – The early development of COVID-19 vaccines should have helped western nations gain more influence over Africa. But from an ethical and organizational standpoint, they have blown it spectacularly, writes DW’s Cai Nebe.
Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna, Janssen, Oxford-AstraZeneca, CureVac — a formidable combination of vaccines developed in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the [...]
By John J. Metzler - The global pandemic has devastated health standards, the economy, and through stress and the undertow of uncertainty and hardships has affected the sanity of citizens worldwide. Lockdowns, arbitrary regulations, school closings are taking their toll on the social fabric.
Now as a second wave of the Wuhan Covid virus is sweeping Western Europe, [...]
WEBPUBLICAPRESS (New York/ Berlin) United States and Europe must work together for the benefit of the global security, German defense minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has said. She stated the US and Europe must cooperate whatever the outcome of US elections. She warned of security threats from both Russia and China, DW (Deutsche Welle) reported.
German Defense Minister [...]
WebPublicaPress – New York – “The country needs to be thinking now about the threats it will face in a post-pandemic future, as well as the opportunities it must seize,” writes former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the forthcoming issue of Foreign Affairs. In order for the United States “to lead the post-COVID world, it must broaden its [...]
WEBPUBLICAPRESS — The White House is blocking new FDA guidelines that would likely have prevented the approval of a vaccine before next month’s election, US media reported. Ireland has introduced new restrictions as cases tick up, DW (Deutsche Welle) reported quoting other news agencies.
The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines that would [...]
By John J. Metzler - GENEVA — In recent decades China has emerged as the factory to the world; a key player in production networks for automobiles, smartphones, computers, textiles and medical equipment.
Indeed, as the world’s second largest economy Mainland China has become an indispensable part of globalization’s network combining low wage levels, diverse production platforms, and good [...]
Sabrina Kessler (DW – New York) - As the presidential primaries start in the United States, left leaning candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren lead the polls. Some billionaires and investors are getting nervous — and making grim prophecies.
Broadcaster CNBC is not usually a place of great emotions. But at the end of last year [...]
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