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India’s health care system and hospitals are on the verge of collapse and crematoriums are overloaded. The country got through the first wave of the coronavirus relatively unscathed, but the second has been a catastrophe, the product of inconceivable mistakes by the government. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3e82Eky via IFTTT

If all goes well, the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 could be approved for ages 12 and older by June, and for kids above the age of six months by the fall. But the development would raise new moral and practical questions. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3tbzuoN via IFTTT

Refugees are being detained, tortured and killed at camps in Libya. Investigative reporting by DER SPIEGEL and its partners has uncovered how close the European Union’s border agency Frontex works together with the Libyan coast guard. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3e2sYwx via IFTTT

Highly contagious coronavirus mutants have emerged in India and Brazil that are spreading around the world. If their advance isn't stopped, the virus might evolve – and we could then be facing a new pandemic with vaccine-resistant mutants. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3aGr96n via IFTTT

The men behind the ill-fated Super League considered just about every aspect of the multibillion-euro deal – except how fans and players would react. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3dSACtk via IFTTT

This fall, a politician with the Green Party could become German chancellor for the first time. Annalena Baerbock is a far more dynamic candidate than her conservative and center-left competitors - and she could be poised for a senior position in the next government, if not the country's top political office. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3nfwF4N via IFTTT

The organization Ordo Iuris is fighting against abortion and homosexuality in Poland. The country's most famous rock star has taken aim at the group in this story of a deeply divided land. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3dDJl2n via IFTTT

President Vladimir Putin is deploying troops to the Ukrainian border. What is he planning? DER SPIEGEL visited both sides of the border to take a closer look at the rising tensions. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3sHE3qI via IFTTT

U.S. President Joe Biden is calling for a minimum corporate tax rate of 21 percent for companies. But countries like Ireland and Luxembourg have established a lucrative revenue stream through big breaks for multinationals. A number of EU countries could soon feel the pinch. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3an033N via IFTTT

Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for legal changes that would give the federal government more powers to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But the states are pushing pack. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3agWT1G via IFTTT

Germany is hoping that rapid antigen tests will help navigate the country out of the third coronavirus wave currently gripping the country. But they aren't up to the task. Other strategies could prove more effective. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/32mjhlO via IFTTT

In his first 100 days in office, Joe Biden has achieved more than many of predecessors did during four years in office. The U.S. president is seeking to move away from neoliberalism to save democracy. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3e0yX3E via IFTTT

There is hardly a country in the world that is as deeply divided as South Africa. But in the town of Makhanda, blacks and whites have joined forces in an effort to throw out the city's corrupt administration. They could change the country if they succeed. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3diTMZ2 via IFTTT

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is doing what he can to hold on to power – and is following his right-wing extremist coalition partner back to the confrontational style of politics the country saw in the 1990s. Opposition activists are concerned for their safety. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3wOkLTZ via IFTTT

The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca was supposed to supply the world with an inexpensive vaccine against COVID-19. But after a series of mishaps at the company, trust in the substance that was supposed to help end the pandemic is eroding. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3fY4uWo via IFTTT

The World Health Organization has launched the biggest vaccination campaign in human history, with the aim of distributing doses to 190 countries and limiting the risk of dangerous mutations. But the project is a race against time. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/2Q7uBiT via IFTTT

I’m 30 years old and I received my first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the beginning of March. Then the news broke about problems with thrombosis. This is a story about trust – and how quickly it can be lost. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3d1Dtj7 via IFTTT

Germany's vaccination campaign is running sluggishly, but that's about to change quickly. The situation could ease considerably -- and that well before the end of the summer, with vaccine deliveries set to increase dramatically in the coming weeks. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3sXxGRl via IFTTT

Medical professionals and virologists in Germany have been clear in their message: The third wave of the coronavirus must be stemmed through tough measures, otherwise the consequences will be dramatic. So, why are Angela Merkel and her state governors stalling? from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3sWfbg0 via IFTTT

One boy has to sell his brother to the smugglers, another leaves his sister behind. DER SPIEGEL has spent months documenting the fates of four unaccompanied minors from the Moria camp on Lesbos. Not all of them make it to Germany. from DER SPIEGEL - International https://ift.tt/3u8ZUbV via IFTTT