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#BREAKING EU chief says ready to 'discuss' Covid vaccine patent waivers

#UPDATE European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Brussels is ready to discuss a US-backed proposal to waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines.

"The European Union is also ready to discuss any proposal that addresses the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner"

#UPDATE European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Europe's priority will be to boost global supplies, and implicitly criticised the US and the UK for limiting vaccine exports
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#BREAKING French President Emmanuel Macron backs waiving Covid-19 vaccine patents

#BREAKING African Union hails US for 'remarkable' leadership on vaccine waiver

#UPDATE The Africa Union's health watchdog has praised the United States' support for a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as a "remarkable expression of leadership"

#BREAKING President Putin says supports Russia waiving patents on its Covid jabs

#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he supported the idea of a waiver on patent protections for coronavirus vaccines as Russia registered its fourth virus jab called #SputnikLight u.afp.com/Umf5 #patentwaiver

#BREAKING Patents 'not the limiting factor' for Covid vaccine production: BioNTech

#UPDATE German firm #BioNTech said Thursday that #patent protection for Covid-19 vaccines is not holding back production or supply of the jabs it developed with Pfizer, in a tacit rejection of a US call to waive the protections u.afp.com/UmYZ #patentwaiver

#BREAKING World Trade Organization (WTO) head 'warmly welcomes' US vaccine patent waiver proposal

#BREAKING Pfizer CEO 'not at all' in favour of US vaccine patent waiver

#BREAKING Merkel's government says patent protection "must remain," according to spokeswoman

#UPDATE International support grew for a US proposal to waive patents on much-needed coronavirus vaccines, a move strongly opposed by pharmaceutical companies which said it wouldn't fix the supply problems u.afp.com/UmMs

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#UPDATE Referendum on Moldova joining the EU is too close to call with almost all votes counted.

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BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator

#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.

"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"

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#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.

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Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.

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#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.

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#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.

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More than one million people have fled their homes as Israel bombards the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip ahead of an invasion.

Israel declared war on Hamas after its fighters crossed the border and shot, stabbed and burned to death more than 1,400 people

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