#BREAKING EU to discuss vaccine patents if US makes 'concrete' offer: Michel
#UPDATE#VIDEO EU chief Charles Michel said the bloc is ready to discuss a US proposal to lift patents on Covid-19 vaccines once the details are clear u.afp.com/Um68
#BREAKING Macron urges US to end Covid vaccine export limits
#BREAKING Merkel urges US to export Covid vaccines
#UPDATE German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged the United States to export coronavirus vaccines made on its soil, as she rejected a patent waiver call from Washington for the jabs u.afp.com/UmLJ
VIDEO The EU has passed the ball back to Washington in a debate over Covid vaccine patents, pushing the US for a concrete proposal and a commitment to export much-needed jabs
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#BREAKING EU urges authorities to 'de-escalate' Jerusalem tensions
#UPDATE The European Union on Saturday condemned violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound and urged authorities to quickly calm tensions u.afp.com/Um6q
Iran called on the United Nations Saturday to condemn a bloody Israeli police action in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in annexed east Jerusalem, saying it amounted to a “war crime.” u.afp.com/Um6c
#BREAKING India records more than 4,000 virus deaths in a day: government
#UPDATES India records more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time, government says
The 4,187 new deaths take India's overall toll to 238,270, with another 401,078 new cases in 24 hours taking its caseload to nearly 21.9 million
People in India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh are fighting not just a raging pandemic but also a prickly Hindu nationalist local government that many say is in denial u.afp.com/Um2b
#BREAKING Israeli police, Palestinian worshipers clash in Jerusalem: witnesses
#BREAKING US says critical to 'deescalate' Jerusalem tensions, 'avoid' Palestinian evictions
#UPDATE Palestinians hurled stones, bottles and fireworks at police in Jerusalem, who fired rubber bullets and stun grenades in the disturbances at the Al-Aqsa mosque -- Islam's third-holiest site, which is also revered by Jews u.afp.com/UmBp
#BREAKING US economy adds 266,000 jobs in April, far fewer than expected
#UPDATE The US economy gained just 266,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate increased slightly to 6.1 percent, the government reported Friday, defying expectations for massive rehiring as the Covid-19 pandemic ebbs
#UPDATE The United States added 266,000 jobs in April -- a quarter of the number expected -- in a surprise setback for President Joe Biden's efforts to revive an economy blighted by the Covid-19 pandemic u.afp.com/Um7d
#BREAKING Blinken calls on Russia to cease 'reckless and aggressive actions' against Ukraine
#UPDATE US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Russia to cease "reckless and aggressive actions" against Ukraine, saying that Moscow has kept "significant forces" near the border
#BREAKING Ukraine president says his country still under Russian military threat
📸 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of talks in Kyiv
#BREAKING Two French patrol boats deployed to Jersey: coast guard
#UPDATE Two French patrol vessels have been sent to waters close to the Channel island of Jersey, where more than 50 French fishing boats are protesting over fishing rights, French maritime authorities told AFP
📸 French fishing boats protest off the British island of Jersey
#UPDATE Britain and France sent navy and coastal patrol ships to waters near the Channel island of #Jersey on Thursday as tensions spiralled between the two neighbours over post-Brexit fishing rights u.afp.com/UmNr