After COVID, Swiss group plots future for science, diplomacy
JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press
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FILE-In this April 6, 2017 taken photo former Nestle s Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe speaks during the general meeting of the world s biggest food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Peter Brabeck, a former chairman and CEO of Nestle who was tapped by the Swiss government to lead GESDA, used COVID-19 as example how advance planning could help head off health crises in the future: He said mRNA vaccine technology being used now to fight the pandemic has been around a decade. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)Laurent Gillieron/AP
Austin: US adds 500 troops in Germany, despite Trump pledge
ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer
April 13, 2021
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1of11Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Federal Minister of Defence, receives US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. This is the first visit to Germany by a minister of the new US administration. Austin will then travel on to Stuttgart, where he will talk to soldiers at the US command centres for troops in Africa and Europe. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)Kay Nietfeld/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Federal Minister of Defence, and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin attend a news conference at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. This is the first visit to Germany by a minister of the new US administration. Austin will then travel on to Stuttgart, where he will talk to soldiers at the US command cent