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As EU Tells US to Export Covid Vaccine Doses Before Suspending Patents, Critics Knock Lack of 'Global Leadership'

An employee of ALMO, one of the leading manufacturers of disposable syringes worldwide, works at the company's production facility in Bad Arolsen, Germany on December 15, 2020. (Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images)

After US Reversal, EU 'Ready to Discuss' Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Growing pressure to waive IP protections comes as a new study estimates the pandemic has actually killed 6.93 million people, more than double the reported number of global deaths.

Rejecting Bayer Appeal, Top EU Court Upholds Ban on Bee-Killing Pesticides

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Protesters hold bees killed by pesticides prior to the annual shareholders meeting of German chemicals and pharmaceuticals conglomerate Bayer AG on April 26, 2019 in Bonn, Germany. (Photo: Maja Hitij via Getty Images)

"The Court of Justice has reaffirmed that protecting nature and people's health...

'No More Excuses': With US Behind Patent Waiver, Canada, UK, and EU Urged to Immediately Follow Suit

Jake Johnson, staff writer

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs from the G7 foreign ministers' meeting on May 5, 2021 in London, England.

"We urge all world leaders to see the writing on the wall and put peoples'...

Global Health Leaders Hail 'Monumental Moment' in Covid-19 Fight as US Supports Vaccine Waiver

World Leaders Join Human Rights Defenders in Condemning Colombia's Deadly Crackdown on Protesters

After $53 Billion in European Sales Last Year, Amazon Paid $0 in Corporate Taxes

Coalition Mobilizes to Protect Billions of WhatsApp Users From Facebook's Privacy Invasion

'Not Enough!' Climate Activists Disappointed With New EU Emissions Deal on Eve of Biden Summit

Critics Warn Lawsuits by EU Fossil Fuel Giants Steal Billions From Public, Undermine Green Transition

EU Regulator Endorses AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine While Warning of 'Possible' Blood Clot Risk

'United Action Is Needed': World Leaders Back Global Pandemic Treaty

Families and Indigenous Youth Vow to 'Not Give Up' After Top EU Court Dismisses 'People's Climate Case'

'Climate Change Is Here': Europe's Recent Droughts 'Unprecedented' in Millennia, Study Finds

Activists and Rights Groups Sue Clearview AI, Warning 'We Won't Be Safe' Until Facial Recognition Firm Is Gone

Doses Hoarded by US, UK, and EU Could Vaccinate Adults in 20 Countries Facing Worst Humanitarian Crises

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Never Forget: Grandson of Auschwitz Commandant Fights For A Nazi-Free Europe

With upcoming elections in a Europe beset by rising neo-Nazism, a new campaign by Swedish Social Democrats against the resurgence has a high-profile leader: Rainer Hoess, 48, the grandson of infamous Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess, who presided over the murder of a million Jews and thousands of others. Hoess has spent years speaking to German schoolchildren about a Nazi influence growing now, as then, because "the social safety nets have been torn, and people are left behind...Hopelessness...