EU sceptical on vaccine waiver, but ready to discuss proposal
Chairman of EU leaders Charles Michel said the way to fight the pandemic now was to quickly make more shots and lift export curbs on them
Pope Francis backs waivers on intellectual property rights for vaccines
His comments come amid debate over whether the key to ending the pandemic is waiving vaccine patent protection, or making and sharing vaccines more quickly
Australia's Coates defends AOC record after "whitewashing" claims
The Australian Olympic Committee defended the advert by team sponsor Jockey after criticism from two-time Olympian Liz Cambage for not including any non-white athletes
EU calls on U.S. and others to export their vaccines
About 50% of European-produced coronavirus vaccine is exported to almost 90 countries, while the United States is considering waiving intellectual property rights to the shots
China urges U.N. states not to attend Xinjiang event next week
The aim of the event is to "discuss how the U.N. system, member states and civil society can support and advocate for the human rights of members of ethnic Turkic communities in Xinjiang"
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rises for second straight month
Brazil is under intense international pressure led by the United States to rein in destruction of the world's largest tropical rainforest
Four ex-cops indicted on U.S. civil rights charges in George Floyd killing
The charges show signs that the Biden administration is taking a harder line against police abuses, a role that civil rights advocates say was previously neglected
Texas is latest U.S. state to advance Republican-backed voting limits
Civil rights groups argue that the legislation disproportionately burdens or discourages voters of color, as well as the elderly and disabled, equating to voter suppression
Amnesty: Yemen's Houthis must release model fearing 'virginity testing'
Rights group calls for release of Intisar al-Hammad, 26, whose lawyers said she has been threatened with an invasive virginity test
Poland, Hungary block 'gender equality' from EU social summit
Right-wing leaders team up to remove direct pledge to 'promote gender equality' from declaration on building social cohesion