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Reporters Without Borders holds protest against Belarus blogger arrest
By Janis Laizans and Andrius Sytas SALCININKAI BORDER CROSSING POINT, Lithuania (Reuters) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday held a protest against the treatment of journalists by Belarus a...
May 27, 2021
UN rights council votes for probe into ‘crimes’ committed in Gaza conflict
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Thursday to launch an international investigation into crimes committed during the 11-day conflict between Israel and the Islamist ...
May 27, 2021
U.S. intelligence community acknowledges two theories of COVID-19 origin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence community on Thursday acknowledged its agencies had two theories on where COVID-19 originated, with two elements believing it emerged naturally from human ...
May 27, 2021
Cycling-Bettiol rides to solo victory on longest Giro stage, Bernal retains lead
(Reuters) - Italy's Alberto Bettiol stormed to a maiden victory on Thursday with an impressive attack on stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia, a 231-kilometre ride from Rovereto to Stradella as Egan Bernal s...
May 27, 2021
HeidelbergCement CFO Naeger to retire after 17 years
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - HeidelbergCement, the world's second-largest cement maker, said on Thursday finance chief Lorenz Naeger would retire after 17 years and be replaced by Rene Aldach, effective from...
May 27, 2021
Scientists warn of bad year for fires in Brazil’s Amazon and wetlands
By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - Dry weather this year raises the risk of severe fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands, scientists say, warning that a drought could fuel destruc...
May 27, 2021
Brazil’s Butantan lab sees need for annual COVID-19 booster shots
By Maria Carolina Marcello and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASLIA (Reuters) - Brazilians should prepare for annual COVID-19 immunizations to reinforce vaccines currently available, the head of public-sector ...
May 27, 2021
UK cases of Indian variant double to nearly 7,000 in a week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has seen a total of nearly 7,000 cases of the B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant of concern first identified in India, more than double the previous total, Public Health England ...
May 27, 2021
Risk agencies should not judge ratings with pre-pandemic criteria – Colombia’s Duque
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Risk rating agencies cannot judge countries with the same criteria they used before the pandemic, Colombia's President Ivan Duque said on Thursday, following a recent downgrade for ...
May 27, 2021
U.S. EPA to revise Trump water rule in boost to states’ climate fight
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will revise a rule issued by the former Trump administration nearly a year ago that limited sta...
May 27, 2021
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