A report by Lancet medical journal’s COVID-19 commission has spelt out “massive failures” in the international response to the pandemic, laying out recommendations to better prepare for future health emergencies.

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The art-book Antes del silencio (Before the Silence) by writer Rafael Mosqueda and manufactured by Cuadernos Papiro publishing house, marks the starting point of exports processed by the Cuban Fund for Cultural Assets (FCBC) in Holguín through the New Business Group, in charge of promoting forms of economic management for artisans and artists associated with this entity. Read more Cuadernos Papiro, pioneer in the export of artisan products
Executives with the drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna have declined an invitation to meet at the White House for what Donald Trump is billing as a “vaccine summit.” The event appears to be an effort by Trump to pressure the Food and Drug Administration to rapidly approve the drug companies’ COVID-19 vaccines. Read more Trump White House rejects Pfizer offer of millions more vaccine doses
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally started the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, making good on threats to deprive the UN body of its top funding source over its response to the coronavirus. Read more U.S. formally begins withdrawal from World Health Organization
The director general for International Affairs of the Iranian parliament, Hosein Amir Abdolahian, announced the capture of suspected murderers of scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, in an interview broadcast today by local Al-Alam network. Read more Iran captures suspected killers of nuclear scientist