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"A future in which we are to respond to the next Disease X with new vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics in just 100 days is possible - but it will take vision, political will, and commensurate financial investments from governments around the world," said Richard Hatchett, CEO of CEPI.

In trying to understand momentous political events like the current crisis in Ukraine, it is always good to bear in mind that the situation on the ground and the perspective of ordinary people tend to be far more complex than the way such events are rendered in the news and in official narratives.

Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday reiterated the government's keenness on dialogue with all political forces to reach a unified vision to ensure a safe exit from the current political crisis.

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Sudans ongoing political crisis casts a shadow on its already fragile economy, as shown by the slump in the exchange rates of the Sudanese pound against major foreign currencies following Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdoks resignation.

The urgent task at the moment is that China and the United States must earnestly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, and make political preparations and provide necessary conditions for the next phase of exchanges, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Stuck at home - and now, accustomed to being stuck at home - Americans are buying too much stuff. But factories are still struggling to produce and deliver amid the pandemic: There arent enough people and parts to make stuff, enough ships to get it across the seas, enough port workers to unload it, enough space in ports to store it, enough truck drivers and railroad workers to transport it, enough warehouse workers taking jobs to sort it - and no one really knows how long this backup will last or how to fix it.

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Foreign leaders and diplomats hailed the Communist Party of Chinas people-centered philosophy, which has led to the countrys remarkable achievements, at a virtual gathering on Tuesday attended by representatives of 500 political parties and organizations from more than 160 countries.

As Bangkok authorities ease restrictions, the anti-establishment group United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD) announced that it is planning to hold a new rally on Thursday.

Weve learned a number of new terms over the course of the pandemic: R number, variants, herd immunity, mRNA and so on. These concepts are often foreign and complicated, but they help both policymakers and the person on the street make sense of the crisis. When faced with an existential challenge, we all learned a little bit of scientific jargon.

Chiang Mai University’s (CMU) Faculty of Fine Arts came out to defend itself after being criticised for removing certain art installations at an exhibition, saying: “We decided to move the art pieces since they could be seen as illegal things.”