Russia

Beth Mole

September 23, 2020

Ars Technica

The World Health Organization declined to comment on whether this was a good idea.

September 22, 2020

Houston Chronicle

MOSCOW (AP) - What do you do when Vladimir Putin offers you Russia's new coronavirus vaccine, for free? United Nations staff in New York and around the world are now facing that choice, after the Russian president offered Tuesday to provide them the Sputnik-V vaccine in a speech to this year's General Assembly marking the body's 75th birthday. Only results from small early studies on the Russian vaccine have been published, raising concerns among some scientists that it isn't ready yet for widespread use - and prompting worldwide memes about potential bizarre side effects. "Any one of us could face this dangerous virus. The virus has not spared the staff of the United Nations, its headquarters and regional entities," Putin said in a prerecorded speech from Moscow. The coronavirus pandemic means this year's General Assembly is a work-from-home production, for the first time in its history. "Russia is ready to offer U.N. workers the necessary, qualified help, and in particular we propose to supply our vaccine for free to employees of the organization and its subsidiaries who volunteer for vaccination," said Putin, who announced the vaccine to broad fanfare last month and said his own daughter is among those who have taken it. He described Tuesday's offer as a response to popular demand: "Some colleagues from the U.N. have asked about this, and we will not remain indifferent to them." U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, "We thank President Putin for his generous offer which will be studied by our medical services." At the U.N.'s medical agency in Geneva, the World Health Organization, spokeswoman Dr. Margaret Harris declined to comment. In a report published in the journal Lancet, developers of the Russian vaccine said it appeared to...

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press

September 16, 2020

Houston Chronicle

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Trump administration has sketched out a framework that it hopes will avoid a three-way arms race as a deadline nears for extending the only remaining nuclear arms control deal with Russia and as China looks to expand its nuclear forces. Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, the special presidential envoy for arms control, spoke with The Associated Press about negotiations with Russia while touring some of the top nuclear research labs and production sites in the United States. Last week's visit to New Mexico, Texas and Tennessee comes as facilities ramp up modernization of the country's multibillion-dollar nuclear enterprise, which includes capabilities for producing the plutonium cores used in warheads and technology for aiding nonproliferation of weapons around the globe. Billingslea said the proposed agreement would be ambitious and that the time is right to "go down this path." "As President Trump has made clear, he intends to and has shown a way ahead with the Russian federation - and ultimately with China - that we can do something that no one has ever done before," he said. Signed in 2010, the New START treaty limits the United States and Russia to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers. It represents the only remaining nuclear arms control deal between the two countries after they both withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty last year. Billingslea said the existing New START treaty has loopholes and that any new agreement with Russia should include both nuclear and conventional warheads and bolster verification protocols and transparency. With such an agreement in place, he said China ultimately would not have much of a choice and would need to join...

BBC News

September 10, 2020

BBC News

Both President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden's campaigns in hackers' sights, Microsoft says.

DNA Web Team

September 8, 2020

DNA India

'Gaganyaan': Russia begins producing space suits for India's first manned mission to space - Russian research and development Enterprise 'Zvezda' has started manufacturing space suits for the Indian astronauts, who are likely to be part of India's first manned space mission 'Gaganyaan', a Russian organisation said on Monday. Four astronauts shortlisted for Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission, resumed their training in Russia in May after it was put on hold due to COVID-19 scare.

Observer editorial

September 6, 2020

the Guardian

If Angela Merkel, left, cancels the Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline, it will hit Vladimir Putin, right, where it hurts. Photograph: Hayoung Jeon/EPA

Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool

September 2, 2020

New Scientist

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

IANS

September 2, 2020

@bsindia

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 25.6 million, while the deaths have increased to over 855,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University

September 1, 2020

WebWire

AstraZeneca is today (Aug. 31, 2020) issuing a commitment to the highest safety standards and to broad and equitable access around the world for its COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222. At the heart of AstraZeneca's core values is to "follow the science" and adhere to the highest scientific and clinical standards, making the safety and efficacy of the vaccine of paramount importance. The Company's submissions for market authorisation will meet the stringent requirements established by regulators ev...

Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool

September 1, 2020

New Scientist

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

IANS

September 1, 2020

@bsindia

The US accounted for the worlds highest number of cases and deaths at 6,028,617 and 183,579 respectively, according to the CSSE

Michael S Schmidt | NYT

August 31, 2020

@bsindia

A bipartisan report by the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee released this month came the closest to an examination of the presidents links to Russia

BBC News

August 31, 2020

BBC News

Yegor Zhukov, who is critical of President Putin, narrowly avoided prison last year.

ANI

August 31, 2020

@bsindia

Batsman Ajinkya Rahane on Monday congratulated the Indian team on being the joint winners of the FIDE Chess Olympiad and said that the feat is a proud moment for the nation

IANS

August 31, 2020

@bsindia

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 25.1 million, while the deaths have increased to over 845,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Press Trust of India

August 30, 2020

@bsindia

This was the first time FIDE, the international chess federation, was holding the Olympiad in an online format, due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Laura Spinney

August 30, 2020

the Guardian

Illustration by James Melaugh.

Justin Sherman

August 30, 2020

Wired

Autocracies and democracies alike are suppressing information within their borders, which will affect public health and security around the world.

Clara Ferreira Marques | Bloomberg

August 30, 2020

@bsindia

The US sanctions machinery has generally been targeted at smaller, rogue states. Not always, though.

Press Trust of India

August 29, 2020

@bsindia

Last week India had conveyed to Russia that it will participate in the strategic command-post exercise to be held in the Astrakhan region in southern Russia from September 15 to 26