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In Covid-19 Diplomacy, India Emerges as a Vaccine Superpower – WSJ
India, China and Russia are among the nations sending coronavirus vaccines abroad in an effort to bolster ties and expand their spheres of influence.
When an Indian Navy aircraft landed in the archipelago nation of Seychelles last month, the country’s foreign minister and other senior officials lined up on the tarmac to welcome its precious cargo: 50,000 doses of Indian-made AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
Two weeks earlier, the Indian Ocean island nation—total population, 98,000—received a separate shipment of 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine manufactured in China, which is seeking to make strategic inroads in a region long seen by India as part of its sphere of influence.
Covid-19 vaccines are becoming an important form of diplomatic currency around the world, as nations jockey for soft-power gains. China and Russia are touting their own vaccines, as are Western drug companies.
Now India, a pharmaceutical giant that manufactured some 60% of global vaccines before the pandemic, is joining the fray, seeking to strengthen ties and expand its influence in its neighborhood and beyond.
Source: In Covid-19 Diplomacy, India Emerges as a Vaccine Superpower – WSJ
Cartoons by Luckovich, Pett and Sheneman – The Washington Post
Climate change is upending Lebanon’s booming business of boutique wineries – The Washington Post
La Natura è il Vero Gioiello!
Cannibal gold … Our elders didn’t know about money … Money doesn’t protect us … it doesn’t create our joy. For whites it’s different. These whites are earth eaters covered in epidemic fumes.
« L’oro cannibale … I nostri anziani non sapevano del denaro … Il denaro non ci protegge … non crea la nostra gioia. Per i bianchi è diverso. Questi bianchi sono mangiatori di terra coperti di fumi epidemici. Pensano di essere onnipotenti, ma le loro menti sono piene di oscurità. » – dal portavoce e sciamano Yanomami Davi Kopenawa, La caduta del cielo

« Abbiamo torto, corrotto e rovinato … Siamo colpevoli, abbiamo tradito … Abbiamo rubato, abbiamo calunniato … Abbiamo pervertito e indotto in errore … Abbiamo sbagliato … Ci siamo tagliati fuori dalla verità, e la realtà esiste per intrattenerci. Ci nascondiamo dietro…
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DeJoy plans more slowdowns for USPS, higher prices for first-class mail, sources say – The Washington Post (Board should ask him to resign – now!)
UN demands Myanmar’s military release Aung San Suu Kyi, reinstate govt
The UN’s top rights body demanded Friday that Myanmar’s military restore civilian rule and immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi.
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On W.H.O. Trip, China Refused to Hand Over Important Data – The New York Times
Chinese officials told the team that they did not have enough time to compile detailed patient data and only provided summaries. The W.H.O. scientists said they were continuing to press their counterparts in China for the raw data and other information.
The team members considered the trip, which ended this week, as a win mostly because they feel there is enough good will that talks and studies will continue. But they acknowledged there is too little information so far to answer critical questions.
Myanmar MPs urge UN to investigate ‘gross human rights violations’

Some 300 Myanmar MPs have urged the United Nations to investigate “gross human rights violations” they allege have been carried out by the military.
After COVID-19 outcry, L.A. church postpones conference for 3,500
Grace Community Church announced it would postpone its annual Shepherds’ Conference, which it planned to host indoors in Los Angeles.
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