A World Health Organization-led programme to ensure poorer countries get fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments aims to secure antiviral drugs for patients with mild symptoms for as little as $10 per course, a draft document seen by Reuters says. Merck & Co's experimental pill molnupiravir is likely to be one of the drugs, and other

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- The European Commission is assessing options to respond to a Polish court ruling that questioned the supremacy of European Union law, but there is no question that the bloc's executive will take action, its chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. "The European Commission is, at the moment, carefully assessing this judgement," she told the European Parliament in Strasbourg ahead of

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Several city councillors for education in Brussels are calling to abolish the “absurd” differences in coronavirus measures for Dutch-speaking and Francophone school children in the Capital Region. Belgium’s education policy is determined by the different Communities, not the Regions, meaning that Dutch-speaking schools in Brussels follow the Flemish decrees and guidelines, and the Francophone schools […]

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'Absurd': all Brussels schools should have the same Covid rules

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS - The European Commission opened a debate on Tuesday on how to reform the European Union's fiscal rules to deal with a pandemic-induced surge in public debt and with the huge investment needed to fight climate change. "We are re-launching this review of our economic governance against a backdrop of enormous investment needs, as the climate emergency becomes

EU starts debate on budget rules amid high debt, investment needs

The teacher shortage in Brussels is affecting schools across language borders, according to Brussels’ Minister for Multilingualism and Dutch Education Sven Gatz, and there is no quick fix to the problem. “The shortage is more serious for Flemish schools but it’s also affecting French ones – it’s an urban problem,” Gatz told The Brussels Times. […]

‘We’re running dry’: Brussels teacher shortage reaches critical levels

Managers of cafes in Brussels are asking to be provided with security guards if they’re to continue enforcing rules surrounding proof of vaccination, according to reporting from Bruzz. The Belgian capital requires cafes to demand that patrons show their Covid Safe Ticket (CST) by law, but customers are responding to the legal measure with aggression […]

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Brussels café managers ask for security guards following stabbing over vaccination proof

There has been a 75% increase in the number of people asking for help from the Brussels Centre for the Treatment of Sexual Violence (CPVS) since the start of this summer. Earlier this year, around 40 people attended the centre every month; this figure has now increased to 70 per month, the cabinet of Sarah Schlitz, […]

75% more sexual violence victims seek help in Brussels since summer

Last week several students at the Francophone University of Brussels, the ULB, acted out the sexual act naked during what has been described as a “folkloristic event” in the great outdoors on the ULB campus in Brussels. This may have passed without incident had it not been for passers-by, who recorded the entire display with a smartphone. The images were then widely shared on social media.

Nudity banned at folkloristic events at ULB University

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday his talks with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Switzerland on Wednesday avoided the acrimony of a meeting in March and that more were needed to avert conflict between the two countries.

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Two dozen countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions 30% by 2030, giving the emerging global partnership momentum ahead of its launch at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow later this month, a government official told Reuters. Nigeria, Japan and Pakistan are among the 24 new signatories to the Global Methane Pledge, which

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