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US "Partnership" With Africa Crucial For World: Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden called on Wednesday for a broad partnership with Africa and highlighted new US investment, saying closer ties were crucial for the world.
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US Ends Covid-Related Southern Africa Travel Bans
President Joe Biden formally announced Tuesday he will lift a ban this week on travel from South Africa and other countries in the region, imposed due to fear of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
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"Unlike Trump I Don't Shock Allies": Biden On Expanding Omicron Travel Ban
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would decide on a weekly basis whether to extend US travel bans on southern Africa, depending what happens with the worrying new Omicron variant of Covid-19.
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US Backs Covid Vaccine Patent Waiver Plan Proposed By India, South Africa
US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, offering hope to poor nations that have struggled to access the life-saving doses.
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12 Republican Lawmakers Urge Biden To Not Support India At WTO On Covid Vaccines
12 Republican lawmakers have urged the Joe Biden administration to not support a proposal by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organisation to temporarily waive some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights rules amid Covid.
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Joe Biden Urged To Back India, South Africa Before WTO On Covid Vaccines
A group of American lawmakers has urged President Joe Biden to support the move by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organization for an emergency temporary waiver of some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) rules to enable greater production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests.
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Biden Asked Not To Accept India-Led Proposal At World Trade Body On Covid Vaccine Patents
Four top Republicans Senator on Friday urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and S Africa to the World Trade Organisation to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents to boost its supply.
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Joe Biden To Reinstate Coronavirus Travel Restrictions: White House Official
President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response.
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Biden To Ban South Africa Travel To Combat New Covid-19 Variant: Report
President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-US citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, a senior US public health official told Reuters.
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Obama Names Ebola 'Czar' to Oversee Health Security
President Barack Obama is naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and a trusted adviser at the Obama White House, as the point man on the US government's response to the Ebola crisis.
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US "Partnership" With Africa Crucial For World: Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden called on Wednesday for a broad partnership with Africa and highlighted new US investment, saying closer ties were crucial for the world.
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US Ends Covid-Related Southern Africa Travel Bans
President Joe Biden formally announced Tuesday he will lift a ban this week on travel from South Africa and other countries in the region, imposed due to fear of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
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"Unlike Trump I Don't Shock Allies": Biden On Expanding Omicron Travel Ban
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would decide on a weekly basis whether to extend US travel bans on southern Africa, depending what happens with the worrying new Omicron variant of Covid-19.
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US Backs Covid Vaccine Patent Waiver Plan Proposed By India, South Africa
US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, offering hope to poor nations that have struggled to access the life-saving doses.
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12 Republican Lawmakers Urge Biden To Not Support India At WTO On Covid Vaccines
12 Republican lawmakers have urged the Joe Biden administration to not support a proposal by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organisation to temporarily waive some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights rules amid Covid.
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Joe Biden Urged To Back India, South Africa Before WTO On Covid Vaccines
A group of American lawmakers has urged President Joe Biden to support the move by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organization for an emergency temporary waiver of some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) rules to enable greater production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests.
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Biden Asked Not To Accept India-Led Proposal At World Trade Body On Covid Vaccine Patents
Four top Republicans Senator on Friday urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and S Africa to the World Trade Organisation to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents to boost its supply.
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Joe Biden To Reinstate Coronavirus Travel Restrictions: White House Official
President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response.
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Biden To Ban South Africa Travel To Combat New Covid-19 Variant: Report
President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-US citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, a senior US public health official told Reuters.
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Obama Names Ebola 'Czar' to Oversee Health Security
President Barack Obama is naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and a trusted adviser at the Obama White House, as the point man on the US government's response to the Ebola crisis.
