AMSTERDAM( Reuters)-The Dutch government said it expects to carry out its last evacuation flight

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.... Modi urged people to be more careful but said that lockdowns were a last resort.... France said

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We’re covering a breakthrough announcement from the U.S.on efforts to lift Covid vaccine patents, and new moves by Europe aimed at limiting Chinese competition.... More discussions are expected. Disparities: In much of the developed world, vaccine orders are soaring and life is roaring back to normal.... Good news: The German company CureVac’s new RNA vaccine, which could be ready next month, does not require that doses be kept in a deep freezer, like the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines....

“ We’re not going to solve this crisis with half measures or middle-of-the-road ambitions — we need to go big, ” the president said.... “ It’s an all-hands-on-deck crisis.” Many of the leaders at the summit sent prerecorded videos, so a debate and an immediate consensus on a plan were unlikely.... Soumya Swaminathan said. Vaccine inequality: Less than 10 percent of the population of poor nations — and less than 4 percent of the African population — has been fully vaccinated against Covid....

California is bracing for another summer of destructive fires, and punishing drought conditions are gripping the American West. Excessive-heat warnings were in place.... Heat advisories were also in effect from Philadelphia to Boston in the Northeast. Deaths: British Columbia’s chief coroner said 233 deaths had been reported over four days, while typically about 130 deaths would have been reported in the same time frame.... Deaths were expected to increase, she said. Quotable: “ The big lesson

He faces life in prison.He is the first to stand trial among the more than 100 people in Hong Kong who have been arrested under the sweeping new rules.... It comes days after the police froze its accounts, raided its offices and arrested top editors.“ Apple Daily showed we have a vibrant society, with freedom of expression and freedom of the press, ” said Emily Lau, a former pro-democracy lawmaker.... The company says the training was defensive in nature and devised to better protect Saudi lea

Officials have already moved ahead with plans to vaccinate 50 million people by mid-February, in time for the Lunar New Year holiday.On Wednesday, Britain became the first country to approve the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use, opening a path for a cheap and easy-to-store shot.... At$ 3 to$ 4 a dose, it costs a fraction of some other vaccines, and is likely to become the world’s dominant form of inoculation. Looking back: The first alarm over the coronavirus was sounded a year ago,