Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank today outlined a new initiative to boost financial and technical support to enhance health resilience and improve healthcare skills across Africa.
The IMF on Friday proposed a $50 billion plan to end the Covid-19 pandemic, aiming to expand global immunisation drives, while vaccine firms pledged to supply billions of doses to poorer nations by the end of next year.
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Model Actions for Humanity from China and Russia
May 21, 2021 (EIRNS) Very early this morning, the ceasefire went into uncertain effect between Israel and Palestine, after 11 days of strife, with terrible destruction in Gaza. As of last night, 232 Palestinians were dead, with 1,700 wounded; 12 Israelis were dead, with 335 wounded. The bloodshed is the legacy of the long-standing British policy impact in the extended region, which has reached the point of economic and social breakdown, and murderous figures like Benjamin Netanyahu.
Within hours of the ceasefire, China announced an aid package for Gaza of $1 million and 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Today, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that China, which holds the chairmanship of the UN Security Council this month, will make it a priority to intervene through the UN Security Council and as a supporting nation, to get action underway on the two-state solution for Israel and Pales
While Italy is one of the G20’s least prominent states, Prime Minister Mario Draghi is seeking to use his personal international prominence to help his country hold one of the most consequential annual presidencies of the club of world powers, which began on Friday with a pandemic summit. Part of the reason Italy’s big year could be so important is that, in addition to the