French Polynesia extends their
COVID-19 lockdown to September 20 following the deaths of more than 200 people over the past two weeks. The lockdown extension will apply to the
Society Islands and the
Tuamotus archipelago as the number of cases increase in those regions.
(RNZ)
Cuba begins a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged two to 18 years old as a condition to reopen schools for in-person learning using
Abdala and
Soberana vaccines.
(France 24)
The
European Union says that it will not currently recognize a
Taliban government in
Afghanistan and that the government will be "subjected to conditions". However, the EU also states that it will still engage the group in diplomatic talks.
(Reuters)
Defrocked Catholic Cardinal
Theodore McCarrick pleads not guilty to three counts of indecent assault and battery on a 16-year-old boy at a wedding reception in
Massachusetts in 1974. The
statute of limitations paused when he left the state shortly after the alleged incident. McCarrick is the first American cardinal to be charged with a sex crime.
(DW)
The
European Union and
AstraZeneca reach a settlement to end a legal battle over slow delivery of the
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, with an agreement that requires AstraZeneca to deliver the remaining 200 million doses of its vaccine to the EU countries at the end of March 2022.
(Euronews)
Yoshihide Suga, the
Prime Minister of Japan, announces that he will not seek re-election after one year in office. Suga had replaced former Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe who resigned for health reasons in September 2020.
(CNN)
French Polynesia extends their
COVID-19 lockdown to September 20 following the deaths of more than 200 people over the past two weeks. The lockdown extension will apply to the
Society Islands and the
Tuamotus archipelago as the number of cases increase in those regions.
(RNZ)
Cuba begins a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged two to 18 years old as a condition to reopen schools for in-person learning using
Abdala and
Soberana vaccines.
(France 24)
The
European Union says that it will not currently recognize a
Taliban government in
Afghanistan and that the government will be "subjected to conditions". However, the EU also states that it will still engage the group in diplomatic talks.
(Reuters)
Defrocked Catholic Cardinal
Theodore McCarrick pleads not guilty to three counts of indecent assault and battery on a 16-year-old boy at a wedding reception in
Massachusetts in 1974. The
statute of limitations paused when he left the state shortly after the alleged incident. McCarrick is the first American cardinal to be charged with a sex crime.
(DW)
The
European Union and
AstraZeneca reach a settlement to end a legal battle over slow delivery of the
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, with an agreement that requires AstraZeneca to deliver the remaining 200 million doses of its vaccine to the EU countries at the end of March 2022.
(Euronews)
Yoshihide Suga, the
Prime Minister of Japan, announces that he will not seek re-election after one year in office. Suga had replaced former Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe who resigned for health reasons in September 2020.
(CNN)