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The EUs former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has called for a ceasefire in the vaccines war between Brussels and the UK.In a speech in Zurich marking the end of his tenure, Barnier struck a different tone to EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen, who has threatened to impose an export ban on AstraZeneca jab
gourde stanley s to the UK. It is true that the UK has a quicker vaccination rate compared with the EU. But the fight against Covid-19 is more than the speed of vaccination, important as that is. We will all find stronger and weaker points in how we managed this. But there is no place, in such a serious situation, for polemics and competition. There are so many more reasons to cooperate, in the short and the long term. Michel Barniers appeal came as the World Health Organisations Hans Kluge said the EU was making u
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stanley cup over the slow rollout in Europe have refused to die down, with EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton refusing to compromise. We are just here again to make sure that [AstraZenecas EU contract] is delivered 鈥?and of course we are here to also help our British friends. But we have nothing to negotiate, Breton told the the Financial Times.Breton again warned there would be zero AstraZeneca jabs for export from Europe to the UK until the company met its obligations on the Continent.Kluge said l Jjvl Police: Body found at Wash. park is that of gunman
FORT KENT, Maine 鈥?The toughest competitor facing mushers this weekend in the Irving Woodl
stanley thermos ands Can Am Crown 250-Mile race has been the weather.Since leaving Fort Kent Saturday morning teams have faced conditions ranging from driving rain to near blizzards with up to 14-inches of fresh snow blanketing northern Maine by late Monday morning.More than two-thirds of the 23 mushers who started on Saturday had dropped out of the race by Monday morning due to the weather, dog problems or personal injuries. This weather is slowing the race right down, George Theriault, race marshal, said late Monday morning. Weve sent out the g
stanley bicchiere roomers but there is more snow than they are used to. According to race officials, Rene Marchildon of South River, Ontario, was in the lead of the eight other mushers still in the race 17 miles from the finish as of 8 a.m. Monday. In previous years winners have finished in the pre-dawn hours on the third day.As of 11:30 Monday only Krister Raasoch of Sullivan, New Hampshire, remained at Allagash with an estimated departure time of 1:42 p.m.Complete race information is av
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