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Gulf Crisis: China calls for unity, harmony in region

Chinese President Xi Ping Thursday urged Gulf Cooperation Council members to cultivate unity and harmony as he welcomed Qatar’s ruler whose country has been embroiled in a diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, since June 2017. President Xi, welcoming the Qatari leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Great Hall […]

COVID-19: First clinical trial of a vaccine underway in South Africa

South Africa has just started clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19, the first on the continent. This candidate vaccine has been developed by Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and is already being tested in humans in Great Britain.   The vaccine trial started on June 24 in Johannesburg, the commercial capital, and Pretoria, the national […]

MEP Elena Valenciano: Morocco, Key Country for EU

The renewal of the EU-Morocco farm and fisheries agreements will “strengthen further the very important strategic ties binding the two partners”, said, Thursday in Rabat, Elena Valenciano, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the European Parliament. “Morocco is a key country for the EU”, affirmed the MEP at a press briefing held after meeting […]