Incidents

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office reported on Thursday that Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linde and the organization's secretary general Helga Schmid called for a peaceful return of order and respect for the democratic process in Washington.

As UN Secretary General António Guterres said at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Maintaining Peace and Stability, in 2020 the level of extreme poverty began to grow throughout the world.

British Ambassador to the United States Karen Pearce said in an interview with Bloomberg that she would not like Russia and China to emerge victorious from the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday that China will take the necessary measures to protect the legitimate interests of Chinese companies after the US imposed restrictions on 8 Chinese payment applications.

A member of the US House of Representatives, Republican Kevin Brady, who received the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in December, said that he was sick with COVID-19.

An employee of the Aurora Medical Center in the US state of Wisconsin deliberately spoiled about 500 doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine.

Angela Merkel intends to be vaccinated against coronavirus in the order of the queue established in Germany.

At the end of a difficult 2020, people's fatigue from COVID-19 and related restrictions seems to be reaching a limit.

According to Russian diplomats, discipline and assistance from all over China were the most important factors that helped Wuhan cope with the epidemic.

President of Moldova Maia Sandu said on TV8 that she is ready to visit Russia if she receives an invitation from the Russian side.

According to preliminary data, 5 people were killed and 20 were wounded.

The death toll has reached seven people.

A new, "British" strain of coronavirus travels the world. Now he was found in the Finnish region of Kymenlaakso, which is located on the border with the Russian Vyborg.

Another country, Indonesia, will ban all foreign citizens from entering the country from January 1 to January 14 in order to prevent the spread of a new strain of coronavirus.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the date when the All-Belarusian People's Assembly will take place. According to him, the event will take place on February 11-12, 2021.