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Lebanese judge charges dozens over fatal Beirut clashes
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese judge on Monday charged 68 people including 18 detainees with murder and incitement to sectarian strife over fatal clashes this month in Beirut, Lebanon's National News a...
Oct 25, 2021
Indonesia in talks to buy Merck’s COVID-19 antiviral pill – minister
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is "finalising" a deal with Merck & Co to procure its experimental antiviral pills, named molnupiravir, to treat COVID-19 ailments, its health minister said on Monday. Re...
Oct 25, 2021
Afghan women lawyers on the run face life in limbo abroad
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - When the Taliban seized Afghanistan, lawyer Bibi Chaman Hafizi heard the militants were going door to door, hunting for people who worked for the state, so she b...
Oct 25, 2021
Sunday storms brought record rainfall to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria saw nearly four inches of rain on Sunday, which broke the daily rainfall record of 1.32 inches for October 24, set back in 1975, according to news partner 25 News. Sunday&#...
Oct 25, 2021
Soccer-Premier League talking points
(Reuters) - Talking points from the Premier League weekend: IS SOLSKJAER READY TO DROP RONALDO? After Manchester United's humiliating 5-0 defeat by Liverpool on Sunday, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fa...
Oct 25, 2021
S.Africa’s Aspen aims to expand vaccine capacity to 1.3 billion doses a year
GQEBERHA, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare wants to increase vaccine manufacturing capacity at its domestic plant to 1.3 billion doses a year, CEO Stephen Saad told a news conf...
Oct 25, 2021
Police investigating potential threat at Washington High School
WASHINGTON, Ill. — Washington Police Chief Mike McCoy says a team of investigators are looking into a threat against Washington Community High School Monday morning. McCoy spoke with news partne...
Oct 25, 2021
U.S. to outline Nov. 8 international travel reopening, vaccination rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to unveil on Monday its detailed rules requiring nearly all foreign air visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting No...
Oct 25, 2021
Microsoft says Russian group has targeted hundreds of U.S. networks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Russian-based agency behind last year's massive SolarWinds cyberattack has targeted hundreds more companies and organizations in its latest wave of attacks on U.S.-based com...
Oct 25, 2021
Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally – documents
By Elizabeth Culliford and Brad Heath (Reuters) - Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global service it was failing to police abusive content in countries wh...
Oct 25, 2021
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