Ying Yong, newly-elected procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, takes an oath after being elected during the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. GREG BAKER/Pool via REUTERS 

Moazzam Jah Ansari, 56, who was chief of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's police, speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Peshawar, Pakistan, February 8, 2023. According to police officials, militants have procured U.S.-made M4 rifles and other sophisticated weapons from stocks left by Western forces that exited Afghanistan in 2021. "They try and find more effective ways to conduct military operations, more lethal weapons," Moazzam said. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz SEARCH "AZIZ PAKISTAN POLICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A toy windmill is seen in front of two sealed garage doors in the courtyard of a building where German police have taken a 32-year-old Iranian citizen into custody, suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

A police seal is seen at a garage door in the courtyard of a building where German police have taken a 32-year-old Iranian citizen into custody, suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

A police seal is seen at a garage door in the courtyard of a building where German police have taken a 32-year-old Iranian citizen into custody, suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

TV cameras are set up in front of a building where German police have taken a 32-year-old Iranian citizen into custody, suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Nitschke 

A TV camera is set up in front of a building where German police have taken a 32-year-old Iranian citizen into custody, suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Nitschke 

A TV camera screen shows a building where German police have taken a 32-year-old Iranian citizen into custody, suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Nitschke 

A cyclist passes a building where German police have taken a 32-year-old Iranian citizen into custody, suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Nitschke 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media with newly sworn-in Minister of Public Services and Procurement Helena Jaczek and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi after a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media with newly sworn-in Minister of Public Services and Procurement Helena Jaczek and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi after a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Helena Jaczek is sworn in as Canada's Minister of Public Services and Procurement, while Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on, during a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Newly sworn-in Minister of Public Services and Procurement Helena Jaczek speaks to the media as Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on after a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media with newly sworn-in Minister of Public Services and Procurement Helena Jaczek and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi after a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media with newly sworn-in Minister of Public Services and Procurement Helena Jaczek and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi after a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media with newly sworn-in Minister of Public Services and Procurement Helena Jaczek and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi after a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle 

Markus Schafer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedez-Benz, Chief Technology Officer, Development and Procurement, and Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne shake hands during the signing of a memorandum of understanding as Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz look on, at the Canada-Germany Business Forum, in Toronto, Canada, August 23, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio 

Markus Schafer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedez-Benz, Chief Technology Officer, Development and Procurement, watches during a presentation at the opening of a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle Battery Factory, marking one of only seven locations producing batteries for their fully electric Mercedes-EQ models, in Woodstock, Alabama, U.S., March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage 

Markus Schäfer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedez-Benz, Chief Technology Officer, Development and Procurement, speaks during a presentation at the opening of a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle Battery Factory, marking one of only seven locations producing batteries for their fully electric Mercedes-EQ models, in Woodstock, Alabama, U.S., March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage 

A wrapped all-electric EQS SUV is seen behind Markus Schafer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedez-Benz, Chief Technology Officer, Development and Procurement, as he speaks during a presentation at the opening of a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle Battery Factory, marking one of only seven locations producing batteries for their fully electric Mercedes-EQ models, in Woodstock, Alabama, U.S., March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage 

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey poses for a photo with Mercedes-Benz executives at the opening of a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle Battery Factory, marking one of only seven locations producing batteries for their fully electric Mercedes-EQ models, in Woodstock, Alabama, U.S., March 15, 2022. From left; Jorg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management, Production and Supply Chain Management, Ola Kallenius, Chairman of the Board of Management, Michael Gobel, President and CEO Mercedes-Benz US International, Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama, and Markus Schafer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedez-Benz, Chief Technology Officer, Development and Procurement. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage 

British Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin lays a wreath during a commemorative ceremony at the Commonwealth Memorial Gates in London, Britain March 14, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle, British Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin and Baroness Patricia Scotland attend a commemorative ceremony at the Commonwealth Memorial Gates in London, Britain March 14, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon walks with Gordon Beattie, Director of National Procurement for NHS National Services Scotland, at the Titan logistics facility, where medical supplies are loaded to be sent to Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion, in Bellshill, Scotland, Britain March 2, 2022. Sturgeon said Scotland will send half a million items of medical supplies and has urged the British prime minister to do more. Robert Perry/Pool via REUTERS 

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon looks up with Gordon Beattie, Director of National Procurement for NHS National Services Scotland, at the Titan logistics facility, where medical supplies are loaded to be sent to Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion, in Bellshill, Scotland, Britain March 2, 2022. Sturgeon said Scotland will send half a million items of medical supplies and has urged the British prime minister to do more. Robert Perry/Pool via REUTERS 

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon talks with Gordon Beattie, Director of National Procurement for NHS National Services Scotland, at the Titan logistics facility, where medical supplies are loaded to be sent to Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion, in Bellshill, Scotland, Britain March 2, 2022. Sturgeon said Scotland will send half a million items of medical supplies and has urged the British prime minister to do more. Robert Perry/Pool via REUTERS 

Specialists of a local forestry enterprise's sawmill unit work during wood procurement operations in the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

A specialist of a local forestry enterprise's sawmill unit works during wood procurement operations in the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

An aerial view shows trucks loaded with logs as specialists of a local forestry enterprise fell pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

A driver operates a tractor while sorting branches as specialists of a local forestry enterprise fell pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

A view shows logs placed by specialists of a local forestry enterprise, who fell pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

Specialists of a local forestry enterprise fell pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

Specialists of a local forestry enterprise fell pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Drivers operate tractors while sorting branches as specialists of a local forestry enterprise fell pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

A specialist of a local forestry enterprise carries a chainsaw while felling pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

Specialists of a local forestry enterprise fell a pine tree during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

Specialists of a local forestry enterprise burn branches as they fell pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

Specialists of a local forestry enterprise fell pine trees during wood procurement operations near the settlement of Muromtsevo in the Omsk region, Russia, November 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

Stephanie Dexter, President of UPS Canada, speaks with Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, as the first shipment of Pfizer Inc's newly-approved coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 arrives for their distribution in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada November 21, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Iwanyshyn 

Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, speaks to the media as the first shipment of Pfizer Inc's newly-approved coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 arrives for their distribution in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada November 21, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Iwanyshyn 

Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, gives a thumbs up as the first shipment of Pfizer Inc's newly-approved coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 arrives for their distribution in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada November 21, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Iwanyshyn 

Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, speaks with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers as the first shipment of Pfizer Inc's newly-approved coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 arrives for their distribution in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada November 21, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Iwanyshyn 

UK Minister of State for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin meets Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

UK Minister of State for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin meets Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (unseen) in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

UK Minister of State for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin gestures as he meets Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

UK Minister of State for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin meets Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

Front of the building of Precisa Medicamentos, a Brazil-based pharmaceutical company, which was raided by Federal Police due possible irregularities in procuring COVID-19 vaccines from India's Bharat Biotech, according to authorities, in Barueri, Brazil September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

Front of the building of Precisa Medicamentos, a Brazil-based pharmaceutical company, which was raided by Federal Police due possible irregularities in procuring COVID-19 vaccines from India's Bharat Biotech, according to authorities, in Barueri, Brazil September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

Front of the building of Precisa Medicamentos, a Brazil-based pharmaceutical company, which was raided by Federal Police due possible irregularities in procuring COVID-19 vaccines from India's Bharat Biotech, according to authorities, in Barueri, Brazil September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

Anita Anand, procurement minister and member of parliament for Oakville, speaks to reporters in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, August 22, 2021. REUTERS/John Morris 

Canada's Procurement minister Anita Anand poses for a photo in front of a shipment from South Africa of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio 

The European Union is facing a rising third wave of COVID-19 infections while its vaccine rollout has sputtered. 

Canada's Minister of Public Services and Procurement Anita Anand speaks as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau puts on a face mask during a news conference, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable 

Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky speaks after U.S. President Joe Biden announced administration plans to double its order of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, procuring an additional 100 million doses, as Biden and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier listen during an event to discuss their partnership to produce additional vaccine in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky speaks after U.S. President Joe Biden announced administration plans to double its order of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, procuring an additional 100 million doses, during an event with Johnson & Johnson and Merck executives in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier speaks after U.S. President Joe Biden announced administration plans to double its order of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, procuring an additional 100 million doses, during an event with Johnson & Johnson and Merck executives in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

U.S. President Joe Biden announces administration plans to double its order of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, procuring an additional 100 million doses, during an event with Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to announce administration plans to double its order of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, procuring an additional 100 million doses, during an event with Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier to discuss their partnership to produce more COVID-19 vaccines in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

U.S. President Joe Biden attends an event where he announced administration plans to double its order of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, procuring an additional 100 million doses, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

U.S. President Joe Biden announces administration plans to double its order of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, procuring an additional 100 million doses, during an event with Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner