Leaders of over 160 countries will be invited to the global Peace Summit, which is expected to take place in Switzerland; no invitation for the Russian Federation is expected at this time. Source: Andrii Yermak, head of Ukraine's President's Office, at Ukraine.
Most countries around the world struggle with protecting their citizens of some of the most basic human rights, according to a study by researchers out of the University of Rhode Island's Center for Nonviolence.
Many countries of the world will advocate more strongly for peace talks with Russia this fall, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said during an Instagram interview with a journalist Vadym Karpiak on Aug. 11.
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective and should be deployed widely, including in countries where the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce its efficacy, a World Health Organization panel said on Wednesday. In interim recommendations on the shot, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE) panel said the vaccine should be given in two doses with an interval of 8 to 12 weeks, and should also be used in people aged 65 and older. Even in countries such as South Africa, where questions have been raised about the AstraZeneca vaccine's efficacy against a newly-emerged variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, "there is no reason not to recommend its use", SAGE's chair, Alejandro Cravioto, told a briefing.