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Even as Yemen’s slow-burning civil war has disappeared from the news of the day, the parallel crisis of extreme weather continues to batter a country more often spotlighted for the spectre of famine. ....
comments This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely. Advocates of a people s vaccine responded critically to an announcement Thursday from AstraZeneca that the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant saw its profits double last year, even while supplying its coronavirus vaccine at no profit which it has pledged to do for the duration of the pandemic, as defined by the company. The performance last year marked a significant step forward for AstraZeneca. Despite the significant impact from the pandemic, we delivered double-digit revenue growth to leverage improved profitability and cash generation, CEO Pascal Soriot said in a statement about the company s 2020 results. The consistent achievements in the pipeline, the accelerating performance of our business, and the progress of the Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated what we can achieve. ....
Iraq claims it killed ISIS deputy commander a week after dozens killed in Baghdad suicide attack Print this article Iraqi security forces killed a top Islamic State commander in the country days after suicide bombings tore through the capital, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi said. Abu Yasar al Issawi, 39, was reportedly killed in the northern city of Kirkuk during an operation conducted by Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service. Issawi, born Jabbar al-Issawi, led ISIS forces in Iraq and was deputy commander of the terrorist group. While Kadhimi announced Issawi s death, U.S. forces have not yet confirmed his death, Pentagon spokesperson Cmdr. Jessica McNulty told the ....
Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen (L) exchanging a document with Sudanese Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim during their meeting in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Jan. 25, 2021. Photo: Arye Shalicar / Israeli Intelligence Ministry handout. Israel’s Intelligence Minister visited Sudan on Monday in the first visit of its kind since the African nation officially normalized ties with the Jewish state earlier this month. The Agence France-Pressereported that Minister Eli Cohen met in Khartoum with the de facto head of state Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim. The Intelligence Ministry said a memorandum on diplomatic, security, and economic issues was signed by Cohen and Ibrahim, and that intelligence cooperation was discussed. ....