Daily Monitor
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28 May 2021 · theguardian.com
Biden move to investigate Covid origins opens new rift in US-China relations ↗
Beijing reacts angrily to calls for WHO to carry out second phase of investigation, while US intelligence split on virus’s likely origin []
27 May 2021
Minsk to host CIS summit on May 28
The next meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government will be held in Minsk on 28 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.
26 May 2021 · euronews.com
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to meet in Geneva on June 16 ↗
Joe Biden will meet Vladimir Putin in Geneva next month in their first face-to-face meeting as presidents, the White House has announced. []
26 May 2021 · dw.com
EU summit: COVID, climate change top second-day agenda ↗
EU leaders have hailed the introduction of a bloc-wide COVID pass to allow tourist travel over summer. Member states also pledged to donate at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countr…
24 May 2021 · bbc.com
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court for first time since military coup ↗
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in court in person for the first time since her government was overthrown by the military in February. []
24 May 2021 · edition.cnn.com
Belarus condemned for ‘hijacking’ Ryanair plane to detain journalist ↗
Ryanair flight 4978 was about to begin its descent to Vilnius in Lithuania on Sunday when it suddenly changed direction after a “security alert,” turning sharply east and descending towards the capita…
19 May 2021 · reuters.com
U.S., Russia to hold Arctic talks in push for summit ↗
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia's veteran Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were expected to hold talks on Wednesday night amid a push to agree a presidential summit despite dire ties b…
19 May 2021 · nytimes.com
Gaza War Deepens a Long-Running Humanitarian Crisis ↗
The Palestinian enclave was already in a dire state. The war with Israel has made it worse, damaging the health and sewage systems, closing schools and displacing tens of thousands. []
17 May 2021 · aljazeera.com
Israel-Palestine: US blocks UN statement for third time in a week ↗
Washington, a close ally of Israel, has reportedly blocked UNSC statements that condemned Israel’s military response and called for a ceasefire. []
17 May 2021 · aa.com.tr
Turkey’s ruling party accuses UN of ‘political hypocrisy’ ↗
They make equal calls to murderers of children and those whose children are killed,' says AK Party spokesman []
12 May 2021 · aa.com.tr
Israel, Palestine escalating towards full-scale war: UN official ↗
The cost of war in Gaza is devastating & is being paid by ordinary people,' says Tor Wennesland []
12 May 2021 · aa.com.tr
Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh can unlock region’s economic potential: Lavrov ↗
Russian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers meet in Baku []
11 May 2021 · reuters.com
EU confident of COVID-19 travel certificate for summer ↗
The European Commission expects to finish work soon on a COVID-19 certificate that could allow citizens to travel more easily this summer in the 27-nation bloc, the EU executive said on Tuesday after …
6 May 2021 · reuters.com
U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents ↗
President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other coun…
5 May 2021 · inform.kz
QazVac COVID-19 vaccine plant to make nearly 60mln doses a year – Kazakh Health Minister ↗
A plant in Zhambyl region is to produce around 60 million doses of the QazVac COVID-19 vaccine a year once constructed, Alexei Tsoi, Kazakh Health Minister, said, Kazinform correspondent reports. []