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EU is flirting with a vaccine disaster

It’s hard not to look in dismay at the feeble start to the European Union’s Covid vaccination campaign. The bloc has only managed to administer about 8.9 million doses in total, according to the Bloomberg vaccine tracker, about two for every 100 citizens. The US and the UK are running at seven and 10.5 respectively, while Israel is at 43. ...

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Deutsche Bank suffers yet another mishap

Deutsche Bank AG’s latest conduct slipup has a familiar look. Several of its investment bankers allegedly misrepresented how sophisticated some of their clients were so they could sell them risky products. It carries an echo of the early 2000s, when securities firms from around the world missold derivatives to myriad municipalities and small companies across Europe. That Deutsche should find ...

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China knows Taiwan is a bipartisan US issue

China flew a significant force of bombers and fighters near the Taiwan Strait over the weekend, one of the largest in an escalation of nerves over several months but more important as a test of President Joe Biden’s administration. The new team didn’t give Beijing a free pass. The State Department quickly issued a press release about the Chinese military ...

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