Italian navy officer ‘caught selling secrets to Russia’
Police swooped on the men in Rome “during a clandestine meeting between the two, caught immediately after the transfer of a document.
No grounds to postpone registration of Russian COVID-19 vaccine, expert says
Russian Health ministry’s chief non-resident epidemiologist Nikolay Briko told TASS that the vaccine was not developed from scratch.
Russia to approve vaccine this month with doctors, teachers first to get jab
Reuters, citing anonymous sources, said Russia’s first potential vaccine would be approved by regulators this month.
Russia’s UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations
UK security services said hackers targeting vaccine developers “almost certainly” operated as “part of Russian intelligence services”.
US and Russia to resume nuclear talks, but China casts cloud
US intelligence has forecast that China is in the midst of doubling the size of its nuclear arsenal, troubling the Trump administration
Russia adds record 10,000 coronavirus cases in dramatic turnaround
Anger is rising among the country’s health workers after two dozen hospitals had to shut down for quarantines, with many doctors falling sick.
Russia gives Kenya Sh300 million to fight desert locusts
In Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, widespread breeding is in progress and new swarms are beginning to form, representing an unprecedented threat to food security