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19th Mar 2024

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EU to set up sharing mechanism for Covid-19 vaccines

The European Union wants to set up a mechanism that allows member states to share surplus Covid-19 vaccines with poorer countries, after the World Health Organization warned that "the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure" regarding equal access to vaccines. "We are working with member states to propose a European mechanism to share vaccines beyond our borders," EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides told MEPs on Tuesday.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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