The Latest: Vaccine Patent Waiver, Duterte's Chinese Jab, English Channel Fish Fight
Asylum-seeking migrants try to cross the Rio Grande river, at the border between Mexico and the United States. - Carol Guzy/ZUMA
2020-05-06
Welcome to Thursday, where Washington calls for suspension of COVID vaccine patents, Philippines President regrets getting a Chinese jab and Europe's biggest bear is dead. Germany daily
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• U.S. to support vaccine patent waiver: The Biden administration has come out in support of suspending intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines, backing international efforts to speed up production, especially in developing countries.