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Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces backlash after claiming that 80 percent of Syrian refugees in Germany would return home within three years. Critics accuse him of spreading misleading statistics and fueling anti-immigrant sentiment. The controversy follows Merz's earlier remarks on the issue, which have drawn widespread criticism.
Pfizer and BioNTech have halted a US trial of their COVID-19 vaccine due to low enrollment.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary