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world news Diahuebs 21 Januari 2021

At 106, woman among earliest vaccine recipients in Brazil

(AP) — Zélia de Carvalho forget anything!” behind the United States,
Morley rolled up a sleeve according to Johns Hopkins
and looked stoically to “I think this vaccine is go- University’s database.
the side as a nurse slid in ing to be very good,” Morley
a COVID-19 shot. She was told The Associated Press, Her doctor, Paulo Cesar
one of thousands in Brazil displaying a generous smile Cunha Fabiano, 73, has been
to get the shot on Wednes- before placing her light blue working at the Vovo' House
day, but one of very few mask back on her face. “It’s in retirement home for nearly
old enough to recall an the hands of God." four decades, said Morley
earlier viral pandemic had told him of her parents
that swept her nation and Centenarians like Morley are getting the flu nearly a cen-
the world a century ago. among the first vaccine re- tury ago.,
cipients in many countries,
Born in Rio de Janeiro in including Brazil, where the “When she was 6-7 years old,
1914, Morley was a girl when government's immunization her parents told her that peo-
the so-called Spanish flu campaign officially kicked off ple were dying in the streets.
killed millions around the on Tuesday with distribution Back then, there were no an- none of the elderly residents Cunha said, adding that he
world in 1918-1920, when no of the Chinese-developed tibiotics or medication. Peo- have tested positive so far. had lost many friends and
vaccines were available. SinoVac vaccine. ple died like flies,” Still, the fear of possibly in- colleagues to the virus in re-
fecting them was a burden cent months. "We workers
“The whole of Brazil caught With more than 210,000 Several employees at Vovo for workers there. are no longer going to worry
it. Too many people died,” deaths, Latin America's larg- House suffered from CO- about passing the illness to
she said, wearing a pink daisy est nation has the second VID-19, and one had to be “Now at least we’re going the elderly. This is huge.”
chain on her head. “I don’t highest tally in the world intubated, Cunha said. But to have some tranquility,"

After vote, Greece to double reach of western coastal waters

foreign policy. will resume talks aimed at and interests in the semi-
reducing tensions on Jan. 25, enclosed Aegean Sea, which
“It's a clear message to those restarting a process that was is dominated by special geo-
who are trying to deprive our suspended five years ago. graphical conditions,” Turk-
country of this right,” Mitso- ish Foreign Ministry spokes-
takis said. Turkey says an extension of man Hami Aksoy said in a
Greece’s territorial waters written statement.
Greece’s western coastline eastward would be consid-
faces Italy and borders Alba- ered an act of war, arguing ”Our position that the ter-
nia at its northern tip. But the that Greek islands would ef- ritorial waters of this sea
expansion is aimed at under- fectively block its access to cannot be expanded unilat-
scoring the country’s right to the Aegean. The longstand- erally in a way that restricts
implement the United Na- ing dispute between the two the freedom of navigation
tions Convention on the Law countries has been fueled by and access to the open seas
of the Sea, which set the 12- the discovery of large off- of our country and of third
mile limit in 1982. shore gas deposits in the east- countries, is known to all," he
ern Mediterranean in recent added. "There is no change to
(AP) — Lawmakers in ties backed the center-right Greece and Turkey, neigh- years. our position.”
Greece Wednesday over- government, while members bors and NATO allies, are at
whelmingly approved of the Greek Communist odds over sea boundaries and Ankara noted that the leg- Greece has signed recent
legislation to extend the Party abstained. mineral rights in the Aegean islation passed Wednesday agreements with Italy and
country's territorial wa- Although the move does not Sea and eastern Mediterra- does not affect the Aegean, Egypt for the delineation of
ters along its western directly affect an ongoing nean in a dispute that caused but warned that there was no maritime exploration rights
coastline from six to 12 maritime boundary dispute a tense military standoff last change to its position regard- and is in talks with Albania
nautical miles. with Turkey to the east, Prime year. ing the extension of territo- to take a maritime boundary
Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rial waters there. dispute to an international
In the 284-0 vote, representa- told parliament that Greece Under pressure from west- court.
tives of four opposition par- was adopting a more assertive ern allies, Turkey and Greece “Our country has vital rights

France to reckon with Algeria colonial past, won't apologize

(AP) — French President Em- the harsh colonial reality and helping honor Gisele Halimi, a French femi- in 1957, admitting for the first time
manuel Macron wants to take fur- reconciliation between the two coun- nist who supported Algeria’s inde- the military's systematic use of tor-
ther steps to reckon with France’s tries. pendence and denounced the use of ture during the war.
colonial-era wrongs in Algeria torture by the French military during He commissioned historian Benja-
but is not considering an official Macron will take part in three com- the war. He will launch the process min Stora last year to assess France’s
apology, his office said. memoration days by next year, which aiming at burying her at the Pan- relation with the memory of Algeria’s
will mark the 60th anniversary of theon monument in Paris, a resting colonization and the independence
A report commissioned by Macron, the end of the eight-year war with place for some of France’s most dis- war.
to be published later Wednesday, sub- France that resulted in the North Af- tinguished citizens.
mits proposals to improve the com- rican country gaining independence The first French president to be born As a presidential candidate in 2017,
plex relationship between the two in 1962 — after 132 years of French after Algerian independence, Macron Macron called France’s coloniza-
countries, from opening up war ar- rule. promised to open a new chapter in tion of the North African country a
chives to holding commemorations. France will “pursue and broaden” the France’s relationship with Algeria “crime against humanity." That was
opening of its archives on the war as during his term, including facing the welcomed in Algeria but prompted
Macron's office said there will be work is under way to allow the re- countries’ painful history. angry reactions in France from the
“no apologies” but that Macron in- lease of classified secret documents, In 2018, Macron formally recognized right and the far right, which Macron
tends instead to make “symbolic acts” Macron's office added. the responsibility of the French state might not want to stir up again ahead
aimed at emphasizing recognition of Amid other actions, Macron wants to in the death of a dissident in Algeria of 2022 presidential elections.