France’s Sanofi to seek approval for delayed Covid vaccine
Issued on: 23/02/2022 – 17:33 French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi said Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine, developed with Britain’s GSK, had delivered positive results after nearly...
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‘The doses are here, but vaccine hesitancy remains high’
Issued on: 19/02/2022 – 14:30 The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Friday the launch of a Covid-19 vaccine production programme in Africa. Six countries...
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Canadian police push to clear last demonstrators in trucker-led protest
Issued on: 19/02/2022 – 07:40 Canadian police on Saturday worked to restore normality to the capital after trucks and demonstrators occupied the downtown core of...
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Canadian police begin arresting leaders of Ottawa ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest
Issued on: 18/02/2022 – 04:52 Canadian police on Thursday began arresting leaders of the trucker-led protest that has choked the capital’s streets for three weeks...
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In vaccine-sceptic France, candidates walk a tightrope on Covid measures
Vaccination debates and Covid-19 restrictions have sown divisions both on and off the presidential campaign trail in France, which ranks among the most vaccine-sceptic nations...
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Canadian police start clearing protesters from crucial US-Canada bridge
Canadian police started clearing protesters opposing pandemic restrictions who were blocking a bridge linking Canada and the United States more than 12 hours after a court order...
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Macron urges calm as French ‘Freedom Convoy’ motorists close in on Paris
Issued on: 11/02/2022 – 19:40 France mobilised thousands of police, armoured personnel carriers and water cannon trucks in Paris on Friday to keep out convoys...
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Canada’s Ontario declares state of emergency over ‘illegal’ trucker protest
Ontario’s premier declared a state of emergency Friday in reaction to the truck blockades in Ottawa and at the U.S. border and said he will...
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Inspired by Ottawa protests, French motorists join ‘Freedom Convoy’ bound for Paris
A French version of Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” hit the roads on Thursday, with hundreds of motorists headed for the capital. Most members oppose France’s vaccine...
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Paris police say they will prevent French ‘freedom convoy’ from entering the capital
Issued on: 10/02/2022 – 10:09 French “freedom convoy” motorists protesting against COVID-19 restrictions will be blocked from entering Paris, the French capital’s police authority said...
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Ottawa blockade forces factory shutdowns as Trudeau slams ‘unacceptable’ tactics
Issued on: 10/02/2022 – 03:40 Ford and Toyota on Wednesday both said they were halting some production as anti-coronavirus mandate protesters blocked U.S-Canada border crossings...
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French ‘freedom convoy’ gets under way in protest at Covid-19 restrictions
Issued on: 09/02/2022 – 19:27 Protesters set out from southern France on Wednesday in what they call a “freedom convoy” that will converge on Paris...