MILDENHALL (ENGLAND): Embarking on the primary abroad journey of his time period, US President Joe Biden is keen to reassert america on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the one bulwark to rising forces of authoritarianism.
Biden has set the stakes for his eight-day journey in sweeping phrases, believing the West should publicly reveal it may compete economically with China because the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.
Shortly earlier than arriving at Royal Air Power Mildenhall, the place Biden was to talk to US troops, folks briefed on the matter confirmed that the Biden administration had brokered an settlement with Pfizer to buy 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to be donated to 92 decrease earnings nations and the African Union over the following yr.
2 hundred million doses – sufficient to totally shield 100 million folks – will likely be shared this yr in line with two folks briefed on the matter, with the steadiness to be donated within the first half of 2022.
