
The European Union has kicked off legal proceedings against the Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca citing its failure to deliver on an agreed upon contract to deliver vaccines to EU countries, the European Commission said in a statement. “The reason indeed being that the terms of the contract or some terms ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad discussed Russian vaccine supplies to Syria and cooperation against COVID-19 during a phone call on Monday, the Kremlin said. In a readout of the call, the Kremlin also said Assad had told Putin about preparations ahead of a presidential election in ...