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A member of the Paris Fire Brigade prepares a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

A patent waiver ‘strikes the right balance’ between commercial interests and public health, says South Africa WTO rep

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Mustaqeem De Gama, South Africa’s representative to the World Trade Organization, tells The World’s Marco Werman about the global effort to relax intellectual property restrictions during the pandemic.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his Downing Street office.

Why a diplomat’s wife likely won’t be charged for a killing a UK teen

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