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In comments made public on Sunday, Mohammad Javad-Zarif discusses how he has “sacrificied diplomacy” in order to appease demands from the nation’s military. (Image credit: AP)

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Sheikh Nuru Mohammed began to fight disinformation during Friday sermons — and turned his mosque into a vaccination center. It was the first of its kind in Britain and paved the way for dozens more. (Image credit: Darren Staples/AFP via

The release of the comments by Mohammad Javad Zarif set off a firestorm within Iran, where officials carefully mind their words amid a cut-throat political environment.

Slow pace of deliveries has angered European officials, who are holding the pharmaceutical company responsible for partly delaying their immunization rollout

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As he rounds out his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden’s focus on reining in the coronavirus during the early months of his administration seems to have paid off.

The bloc is suing the U.K. drugmaker for failure to deliver on its vaccine contract, a sharp escalation in a long-simmering dispute over supplies of the shot and a sign of how desperate governments are to secure scarce doses.

Ms. Zhao is the first Chinese woman to win the Academy Award for best director, yet China’s state media, search engines and social-media censors erased news and accolades about the victory.