President of Efe, Gabriela Cañas, during an interview in Madrid. EFE/Ballesteros
President of Efe, Gabriela Cañas, during an interview in Madrid. EFE/Ballesteros
President of Efe, Gabriela Cañas, during an interview in Madrid. EFE/Ballesteros
Wherever there is freedom of the press in the world, scarcity is its greatest threat , a peril that affects both public and private media and that can only be tackled with the structural strength of journalistic companies , says the president of Agencia EFE, Gabriela Cañas.
May 3 is International Press Freedom Day, a right that does not exist in many countries. But when it is taken for granted in others, it exposes you to all kinds of pressures, and that is fatal, because you also have an appearance of freedom that deep down you don t have, which is almost the worst thing, Cañas says in an interview.
STOCKHOLM: Sweden plans to donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to India via the UN-backed COVAX, an initiative devised to give countries access to coronavirus vaccines regardless of their wealth. The Scandinavian country s International Development Cooperation Minister Per Olsson Fridh announced it Monday on Swedish broadcaster SVT, adding “we see how the pandemic is raging around the world. People are dying, poverty is spreading, and children are still not back at school.” “We need to do everything we can to face this pandemic and fight it across the world.” The donation will have no impact on the rollout in Sweden which has decided to only administer the AstraZeneca shots to people 65 and over.
Russia is turning to multiple Chinese firms to manufacture Sputnik vaccine as demand soars Residents in Madrid vote Tuesday for a new regional assembly in an election that tests people’s resistance to lockdown measures Nurses wearied by pandemic duty incensed by request to help at Tokyo Olympics
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KATHMANDU, Nepal Nepal is halting all domestic and international flights because of spiking cases of COVID-19 in the Himalayan nation.
Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli said domestic flights would be stopped from Monday while all international flights would cease to fly in and out of Nepal from Thursday.
May 3, 2021
Faithfull pray during a mass by Sergio Valverde Espinoza, a Catholic priest of the Cristo Rey church who modified a popular song called Sopa de Caracol, or Snail Soup in English, to a message calling for the use of face masks and care during the pandemic, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)
Here are summaries of the latest Associated Press stories worldwide on the coronavirus pandemic, including: Colo. governor extends statewide mask mandate; India’s leader weakened by coronavirus crisis as nation sets record for daily cases; U.S. public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year;