Daily Monitor

May 5, 2021

QazVac COVID-19 vaccine plant to make nearly 60mln doses a year – Kazakh Health Minister

A plant in Zhambyl region is to produce around 60 million doses of the QazVac COVID-19 vaccine a year once constructed, Alexei Tsoi, Kazakh Health Minister, said, Kazinform correspondent reports. […]
May 6, 2021

U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents

President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies. […]
May 11, 2021

EU confident of COVID-19 travel certificate for summer

The European Commission expects to finish work soon on a COVID-19 certificate that could allow citizens to travel more easily this summer in the 27-nation bloc, the EU executive said on Tuesday after a meeting with European affairs ministers. […]
May 12, 2021

Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh can unlock region’s economic potential: Lavrov

Russian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers meet in Baku […]
May 12, 2021

Israel, Palestine escalating towards full-scale war: UN official

‘The cost of war in Gaza is devastating & is being paid by ordinary people,’ says Tor Wennesland […]
May 17, 2021

Turkey’s ruling party accuses UN of ‘political hypocrisy’

‘They make equal calls to murderers of children and those whose children are killed,’ says AK Party spokesman […]
May 17, 2021

Israel-Palestine: US blocks UN statement for third time in a week

Washington, a close ally of Israel, has reportedly blocked UNSC statements that condemned Israel’s military response and called for a ceasefire. […]
May 19, 2021

Gaza War Deepens a Long-Running Humanitarian Crisis

The Palestinian enclave was already in a dire state. The war with Israel has made it worse, damaging the health and sewage systems, closing schools and displacing tens of thousands. […]
May 19, 2021

U.S., Russia to hold Arctic talks in push for summit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia’s veteran Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were expected to hold talks on Wednesday night amid a push to agree a presidential summit despite dire ties between the former Cold War foes. […]
May 24, 2021

Belarus condemned for ‘hijacking’ Ryanair plane to detain journalist

Ryanair flight 4978 was about to begin its descent to Vilnius in Lithuania on Sunday when it suddenly changed direction after a “security alert,” turning sharply east and descending towards the capital of Belarus, Minsk. […]