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3 UN Peacekeepers Killed, 3 Injured in Mali Attack

BAMAKO—Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and three others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northern Mali on Monday, a U.N. spokesperson said. Islamist extremists, some with links to al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorist groups, have been waging attacks in northern Mali for the last decade. The peacekeepers were on a…


Pfizer Set to Oust AstraZeneca as Top Supplier of COVID-19 Shots to Poor Nations

BRUSSELS—Pfizer and BioNtech are set to displace AstraZeneca as the main suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines to the global COVAX programme at the start of 2022, a shift that shows the increasing importance of their shot for poorer states. The expected change comes with headaches for receiving countries that lack sufficient cold storage capacity to handle…