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Climate change puts Lyme disease in focus for France's Valneva after COVID blow

With climate change spurring more cases of tick-borne Lyme disease, drugmaker Valneva is betting big on a vaccine as it looks beyond disappointing sales of its COVID shot.

Reuters · Aug 8, 2022

US to send Ukraine $5.5 billion in new govt, military aid

The US will provide an additional $4.5 billion to Ukraine’s government via the World Bank to help Kyiv assist the growing number of poor Ukrainians and millions of internally displaced people, the US Agency for International Development said Monday. In a separate announcement, the US Defence Department said it would…

France 24 · Aug 8, 2022

Call for crackdown on dirt-bike ‘urban rodeos’ in France after child critically injured

Ten-year-old girl suffers major head injuries as motocross bike rider at meet-up in Pontoise hits two children

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

Scots drivers in France warned of big fines for driving some petrol and diesel cars

Scottish drivers have been issued a warning before heading on holiday to France as missing an important detail on their car could land them a fine following restrictions.

Glasgow Live · Aug 7, 2022

Second caravan of cargo ships sails from Ukraine

A second caravan of ships with Ukrainian agriculture products sailed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Sunday, according to Ukrainian and Turkish authorities. Meanwhile, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog raised grave concerns over the shelling at the Zaporizhzhia plant, as the Ukrainian military said Russian forces had attacked…

France 24 · Aug 7, 2022

Nuclear apocalypse was postponed in 1968. Now it’s back on the agenda

As the world remembers Hiroshima, it must also recommit to the increasingly fragile non-proliferation treaty. The alternative is unthinkable

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

Arsenal news: William Saliba's impressive stats confirmed as Gunners legends reunite

William Saliba helped Arsenal defeat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Selhurst Park on Friday night, making his first senior appearance for the club since his transfer in July 2019

Daily Mirror · Aug 7, 2022

Blinken arrives in Africa ‘to counter Russian influence’ on the continent

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in South Africa on Sunday to kick off a three-country tour that will also take him to DR Congo and Rwanda, aimed at "developing a strategy to counter Russian efforts to undermine democracy in Africa", according to a France-based political scientist.

France 24 · Aug 6, 2022

British farmers face paying for border checkpoints in EU after Brexit halts exports

British pedigree livestock breeders may have to invest in their own ‘red tape’ facilities in France to reach EU market

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2022

Beluga whale refusing food after straying into France's Seine river

Concerns are rising for a beluga whale which has been spotted in France's river Seine far, from the cold Arctic waters it is more suited, after it refused food and appears emaciated, a local official said on Saturday.

Reuters · Aug 6, 2022