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FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a river and a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho

Are Brazil’s Amazon Policies ‘Crimes Against Humanity’?

Katie Surma 01/07/2021

Bolsonaro’s rampant deforestation of the Amazon have prompted world...

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Brazil Suspends $300M Covaxin Contract as Scandal Becomes Too Hot for Bolsonaro

Shobhan Saxena and Florencia Costa 30/06/2021

An invoice for advance payment of $45 million raised...

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels

EU Doubts Over Chinese, Russian Jabs May Explain Why Covishield Isn’t in ‘Green Pass’

Vasudevan Mukunth and Devirupa Mitra 29/06/2021

One explanation, The Wire has learnt, could lie in...

EU’s ‘Green Pass’ Plan Leaves Out Covishield, Serum Didn’t Apply for Approval

Ronak Borana 28/06/2021

Virology Shahid Jameel said Vaxzevria and Covishield – the...

Launching ceremony of the Plano Safra 2020/2021, an action plan for the agricultural sector, in Brasilia

Brazil Probe: Did Bolsonaro Govt Overpay for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Doses?

Shobhan Saxena and Florencia Costa 26/06/2021

As the vaccine scandal reached the doorstep of Jair...

Members of a Rastafari farming community celebrate the Sabbath service, during COVID-19 pandmeic in Blue Mountains

Rastafari Scorn of Western Medicine Fuels Jamaican Vaccine Hesitancy

Kate Chappell and Ina Sotirova 26/06/2021

Some fear the vaccines would allow authorities to track...

A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as Japan launches its inoculation campaign, at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo

99% Of People in Poor Countries Are Unvaccinated

Maria De Jesus 24/06/2021

In the race between infection and injection, injection has...