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Stories of urban life under pressure dominated the 25th Ji.hlava International Documentary...

By Tomas Etzler and Mitchell McCluskey Czech President Milos Zeman called transgender people “disgusting” in an interview on CNN affiliate CNN Prima News on Sunday, during a discussion of a controversial new law in Hungary. The Hungarian law bans all educational materials and programs for children that are considered to promote homosexuality, gender reassignment and the concept of sexuality deviating from the one assigned to a person at birth. It has been met with fierce criticism from other members of the European Union. Zeman said interference in internal affairs of any EU member countr...

By Tomas Etzler, CNN Five people have been killed after a rare tornado along with tennis ball-sized hailstones hit several villages in South Moravia, in

Sweden moves towards eliminating upper age limit on AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine  From CNN’s James Frater and Henrik Pettersson  Syringes are loaded with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine at the Skane University Hospital vaccination centre in Malmo, Sweden, on February 17. Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP/Getty Images The Swedish Health Authority, Folkhälsomyndigheten, recommended eliminating the upper age limit for use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. This would allow it to be used on people over age 65. “New data from the UK confirms that AstraZeneca's vaccine has a good protectiv...

Cuba announces its vaccine candidate is authorized to begin Phase 3 trials From CNN’s Patrick Oppmann A technician works with the Soberana 02 Covid-19 vaccine at the Finlay Vaccine Institute in Havana, Cuba, on January 20. Yamil Lage/Pool/AP Cuban scientists announced that the island’s Soberana vaccine candidate had received authorization to begin phase three trials immediately. A second vaccine Abdala would also begin phase three trials soon, scientists said. While many developing countries have struggled to import vaccines, Cuba has focused on making their own as a way to raise money an...