The U.S. Treasury has updated the sanctions imposed against the Nord Stream-2 constructions / On Monday, February 22, the U.S. Treasury Department included Nord Stream 2 pipelayer in the sanctions list, as was reported by the DW news agency.
Seven dangerous coronavirus strains were found in the US / Seven coronavirus mutations have been detected in the U.S., which may be more dangerous than the common strain of COVID-19, as was reported by the Medrxiv portal.
Banning pro-Russian TV channels in Ukraine: how it was done in the European Union / In Ukraine, anti-Ukrainian TV channels 112 Ukraine, NewsOne and ZIK were closed due to the imposition of sanctions.
Biden overturned Trump ban on transgender people serving in US military / On Monday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that overturned a controversial ban by his predecessor on transgender individuals serving in the U.S.
Biden signed his first decrees as President of the United States / U.S. President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the pandemic and climate change.
Trump pardons dozens of people in his final hours as president, including ex-aide Steve Bannon / In the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump has pardoned 73 people, including his former adviser Steve Bannon, who is facing fraud charges, as was reported by the BBC.
Donald Trump prepares to issue around 100 pardons and commutations / President Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on Tuesday, his final full day in office.
The European Union launched mass COVID-19 vaccination as a new strain of the disease is spreading / On Sunday, December 27, the EU has officially launched its program of mass vaccination against COVID-19, with the goal of making shots available to all adult population by the end of 2021, as was stated in the report on the official website of the European Commission.
U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) / On Monday, December 21, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer Inc COVID-19 vaccine on Monday at a hospital in Newark, Delaware, and he urged Americans to get the vaccine when it is available, as was reported by Reuters.
European Medicines Agency recommends first COVID-19 vaccine for authorization in the European Union / European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting conditional marketing authorization for the vaccine Comirnaty, developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in people from 16 years of age, as was announced by Emer Cooke, Executive Director of EMA during the press conference.
