So far, only two US Air Force flights have landed in India. (File photo)
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Officials, however, did not say how this would impact the emergency aid
The United States will continue to assess the situation, Pentagon said
New Delhi:
US Air Force flights that were scheduled to leave for India with essential life-saving supplies have been delayed till Wednesday due to maintenance issues, the Pentagon said on Monday. We just received word from USTRANSCOM that the flights for India are delayed until at least Wednesday due to maintenance issues , a Pentagon spokesperson said.
So far, only two US Air Force flights have landed in India.
COVID vaccines and menstrual cycle disruption
Researchers this week called for clinical trials to track and document menstrual changes in vaccinated women after some women reported changes to their menstrual cycles after receiving a COVID vaccine, The Defender reported April 28.
Women have reported hemorrhagic bleeding with clots, delayed or absent periods, sudden pre-menopausal symptoms, month-long periods and heavy irregular bleeding after being vaccinated with one or both doses of a COVID vaccine.
There s no data linking COVID vaccines to changes in menstruation because clinical trials omit tracking menstrual cycles. But two Yale University experts wrote in There are many reasons vaccination could alter menstruation, wrote Alice Lu-Culligan, an M.D./Ph.D. student at Yale School of Medicine, and Dr. Randi Epstein, writer in residence at Yale School of Medicine.
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During a virtual meeting, earlier this week, with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari urged the United States to consider relocating the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters from Germany to Africa.
President Buhari said that given the lack of security in many areas and the continued efforts to expel militant Islamist groups, like Boko Haram, the U.S. should consider moving AFRICOM’s headquarters. This would better support African nations against the violence besetting the region.
“Considering the growing security challenges in West and Central Africa, the Gulf of Guinea, Lake Chad region and the Sahel weighing heavily on Africa underscores the need for the United States to consider relocating AFRICOM headquarters from Stuttgart in Germany to Africa, and near the theater of operations,” Buhari said, according to a State Department transcript.
By PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 1, 2021 KABUL, Afghanistan U.S. and NATO forces officially began their final drawdown from Afghanistan on Saturday after nearly two decades of war and as violence continued to rage across the country. Tensions remained high throughout the day after the Taliban suggested they would launch attacks on coalition troops who remained in the country past the May 1 exit date outlined in a U.S.-Taliban deal signed last year. Militants fired at Kandahar Airfield in the afternoon, but the assault caused no injuries or damage to equipment, Col. Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan said on Twitter.
Afghanistan Withdrawal Won t Be Like Fall of Saigon, Deputy SecDef Says
Soldiers of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team patrol near Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army/Sgt. James Sims)
30 Apr 2021
The Pentagon does not expect the U.S. military s withdrawal from Afghanistan to result in a chaotic fall of Saigon -type evacuation from Kabul, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said Friday.
While answering questions during a virtual forum on the Biden administration s first 100 days hosted by The Aspen Institute, Hicks stressed that the military is focusing on a safe, orderly, disciplined withdrawal process over the next few months.