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Healing by helping: Mexico's acid attack victims
AFP, Published on 27/04/2022
» MEXICO CITY - After Mexican mother Carmen Sanchez left her abusive ex-partner he attacked her with acid, leaving her severely scarred. As part of her healing process, she now helps fellow victims rebuild their lives.
Riot police clash with New Zealand anti-vax protesters
AFP, Published on 22/02/2022
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand anti-vaccine protesters pelted police with a "stinging substance" sending three to hospital with injuries Tuesday, as tensions spilled over in an angry weeks-long protest.
Victims turned activists: Iraqi women battle abuse
AFP, Published on 02/01/2022
» BAGHDAD - After a day's work in an Iraq public sector job, Azhar offers legal support to women who are victims of domestic abuse, something she knows well given her experience with a brutal husband.
UK MPs to pay tribute to slain colleague in parliament
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» LONDON - British lawmakers will pay tribute in parliament on Monday to their murdered colleague David Amess, as counter-terrorism police probed whether a suspect arrested was motivated by Islamist extremism.
Disfigured by acid, the face of violence against Yemen's women
AFP, Published on 03/02/2021
» SANAA: Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in a society beset by war and poverty.
EU regulator to decide on Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab first
AFP, Published on 01/12/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Europe's medicines regulator said Tuesday it would decide by December 29 whether to grant emergency approval to a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Germany's BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer, ahead of a rival treatment from Moderna.
Pfizer seeks EU vaccine approval as OECD sees recovery in 2021
AFP, Published on 01/12/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany: Pharma companies Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday filed for European approval for their coronavirus vaccine, following in the footsteps of competitor Moderna, while the OECD predicted the world economy would bounce back to pre-pandemic levels by late 2021.
Pfizer seeks emergency use approval for vaccine
AFP, Published on 20/11/2020
» WASHINGTON: Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are applying on Friday in the United States for emergency use authorisation for their coronavirus vaccine, becoming the first to do so in the US as the pandemic rages around the world.
Pfizer/BioNTech say final results show vaccine 95% effective
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that a completed study of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine showed it was 95 percent effective.
Pfizer 'very close' to applying for US emergency approval, says CEO
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - Pfizer is "very close" to applying for an emergency use approval for its Covid-19 vaccine after collecting safety data to submit to US regulators, the company's CEO said Tuesday, according to a report.