Sanofi CEO warns Europe on cornavirus vaccine race
Sanofi’s chief executive on Friday urged stronger European co-ordination in the hunt for a vaccine against the new coronavirus, criticising Europe for being too slow to act in a fiercely competitive global race.
World leaders launch plan to speed COVID-19 drugs, vaccine; U.S. stays away
World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part in the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) initiative.
Britain nears 20,000 coronavirus hospital deaths as response disappoints
Nearly 20,000 people have died in hospital in Britain after testing positive for the new coronavirus, the latest data showed on Friday.
UK royal Meghan’s privacy action against tabloid has first court outing
Legal action by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, against a British tabloid for breaching her privacy had its first court hearing on Friday, with the newspaper’s lawyer attempting to have claims that it had acted dishonestly struck out.
Eastern Congo militia ambush kills 16, including 12 park rangers
Suspected Hutu militiamen killed 16 people, including 12 rangers, on Friday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, a government official said, in the deadliest such attack in Virunga’s recent history.
Brazil justice minister quits, accuses Bolsonaro of meddling in police
Brazil’s Justice Minister Sergio Moro resigned on Friday and accused far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement, creating a political crisis in the middle of the worsening coronavirus outbreak.
Republican senators ask U.N. chief for independent WHO review panel
Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the body appeared to have shown “remarkable deference” to China.
U.S. sending ventilators, coronavirus help to other countries: Trump
The United States will send ventilators to Honduras, Ecuador, Indonesia, and El Salvador, President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to devastate countries around the world.
Italy’s coronavirus epidemic began in January, study shows
The first COVID-19 infections in Italy date back to January, according to a scientific study presented on Friday, shedding new light on the origins of the outbreak in one of the world’s worst-affected countries.
Six-year-old Indian girl raped in latest in grim series of sex attacks
Indian police on Friday arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of raping and severely damaging the eyes of a six-year-old girl from his village, the latest in a series of grim sex attacks in the country.
