WORLD

 United Nations, USA | THE INDEPENDENT |  UN undersecretary-general and executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, on Monday called for bold and strong moves toward gender equality at this year’s session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). “Let this be a defining CSW session of our time …

Madrid, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Real Madrid look to ensure at least one Spanish side in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals when they meet Italian side Atalanta on Tuesday. As FC Barcelona and Sevilla have already been out of the tournament and Atletico Madrid faces an uphill struggle to get …

Hong Kong, China | THE INDEPENDENT |  Asia-Pacific countries are still facing growing cases of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday as India reported 26,291 new infections, the highest of this year, taking the total to 11,385,339. According to the official data, the death toll mounted to 158,725 as 118 COVID-19 patients …

Los Angeles, US |  THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA  | Nigerian singer Burna Boy win his first ever Grammy under the “Best global Music Album” category for the “Twice As Tall” 2020 project, at last night’s 63rd Grammy Awards main event. Meanwhile, women dominated the 63rd Grammy Awards Sunday as Taylor Swift won her third …

Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPEDNENT | The World Health Organization, the vaccines alliance GAVI and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations CEPI have launched one of the most ambitious inoculation delivery plan in history, dubbed COVAX. The plan is to ensure the poorer countries in the world are all able to receive …

British Airways (BA) will introduce digital global vaccine passports in time for the planned reopening of international travel from 17 May London, UK | Xinhua | British Airways (BA) will introduce digital vaccine passports in time for the return of international travel in May, when Britons are allowed to travel for …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. administration has ordered “almost enough COVID-19 vaccine to fully inoculate every American adult twice,” and its hoarding could fuel a vaccine gap worldwide, Bloomberg has reported. U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will double the order of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 …

London, United Kingdom | THE INDEPENDENT | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that the decision to suspend parts of the Northern Irish Brexit protocol was lawful and right. “What we’re doing is taking some lawful, some technical measures to build up confidence in the east-west operation (of the …

Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT |  U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday met virtually with leaders of Japan, India, and Australia over COVID-19, climate change, and other regional issues. The meeting focused primarily on pressing global crises including COVID-19 and the climate crisis, Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters …

Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT |  Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the Geneva-based UN health agency “systematically reviews safety signals, and is carefully assessing the current reports on the AstraZeneca vaccine.” The COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has been suspended …