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LONDON — Even if U.S. firm Colonial Pipeline restores supplies by the end of this week, the ransomware attack that hit the pipeline supplying 45% of East Coast…
COLUMN-Shifting sands of COVID-19 vaccine supply race give U.S. new advantage Reuters 2 days ago By Peter Apps LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - In early March, U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of India, Japan and Australia – the so-called Quad group - chose to put COVID-19 vaccines at the centre of their strategy to limit China's growing influence in Asia. Their plan to use 1 billion largely Indian-manufactured vaccines as a geopolitical tool was swiftly overtaken by events though U.S. officials have said it is still on track. Having started the year by describing itself as a "vac superp...
Article content LONDON — In early March, U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of India, Japan and Australia – the so-called Quad group – chose to put COVID-19 vaccines at the center of their strategy to limit China’s growing influence in Asia. Their plan to use 1 billion largely Indian-manufactured vaccines as a geopolitical tool was swiftly overtaken by events though U.S. officials have said it is still on track. Having started the year by describing itself as a “vac superpower” and “pharmacy of the world,” India has now halted exports and is seeking vaccines from elsewhe...
COLUMN-With Taiwan and Ukraine, Biden administration faces global test Reuters 2 hrs ago By Peter Apps LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - With warship moves, equipment sales and diplomatic rhetoric, the United States has rarely been more emphatic that it stands with its allies in Ukraine and Taiwan. For all those declarations, however what that truly means remains unclear. Both Moscow and Beijing appear intent on testing the Biden administration, still less than three months old. Russia has mobilized more troops on Ukraine’s border than at any point since its 2014 war, while China has sent an a...
Why Shaun Bailey is the greatest gift Sadiq Khan could wish for The Tory London mayoral candidate’s suggestion that the homeless could save for home deposits was a new low. On the day Labour selected Sadiq Khan as its candidate for mayor, there were those who thought the party had given up on London. Its decision to reject the sensible Blairite candidate, the late Tessa Jowell, was seen as another way in which the newly Corbyn-loving party was signing its own death warrant. In a move that is now funny in about four different ways, conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie greeted the ne...