Pfizer initiates phase 1 study of the novel oral antiviral therapeutic drug against COVID-19 / The American company Pfizer Inc, which has created a vaccine against COVID-19, announced that it is progressing to multiple ascending doses after completing the dosing of single ascending doses in a Phase 1 study in healthy adults to evaluate the safety and tolerability of an investigational, novel oral antiviral therapeutic for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
"There's pressure": the EU stated when it shall share COVID-19 vaccines with poorer countries / Despite earlier promises, EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc cannot donate COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries while it struggles with its own supply, the Deutshe Welle reports.
U.S. intelligence services reaffirmed that the Russian Federation has interfered in the 2020 presidential election / On Tuesday, March 16, U.S. National Intelligence Council published the report on Foreign threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections.
The US and EU impose sanctions on Russia for poisoning and jailing Navalny / On Tuesday, March 2, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions to punish Russia for what it described as Moscow’s attempted poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to jail for corruption / On Monday, March 1, a Paris court found former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence-peddling and sentenced him to three years in prison, two of them suspended, as was reported by The Guardian.
Zelensky made an important statement about the death of Ukrainian servicemen in Donbas / Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed condolences to the families of three soldiers who have been killed by an explosive device in eastern Ukraine, as was reported by the press service of Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram.
"It's very unpleasant to realize": Zelensky spoke about the real situation with COVID-19 vaccines / President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that Ukraine is not on the priority list of countries first to receive an effective vaccine against COVID-19.
The House formally delivered an impeachment article against Trump to the Senate / The House impeachment managers formally triggered the start of former President Trump's second impeachment, the first president in history to be impeached twice, as was reported by CNN.
Biden's inauguration: online broadcast of the ceremony / On Wednesday, January 20, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday in a ceremony that will keep with tradition while being unlike any other inauguration in U.S.
Pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol amid election certification / On Wednesday, January 6, pro-Trump rioters have stormed the US Capitol amid the Congress meeting to certify the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election.
