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Algeria reimposes restrictions on gatherings to stem coronavirus cases
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria will reimpose restrictions on gatherings from Monday to cope with a rapid spread of the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus that has led to an increase in the ...
Jul 25, 2021
Biden says ‘remains to be seen’ if immigration measure part of wider budget bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he remained adamant about the need to create a pathway for U.S. citizenship for so-called Dreamer immigrants, but said it "remains to be ...
Jul 25, 2021
Threat of lightning storms adds to struggle to contain large California fire
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Crews and officials battling a large fire that has incinerated more than 190,000 acres in northern California braced for the possibility on Sunday that smoke columns could...
Jul 25, 2021
Nigerian bandits abduct negotiator over ransom to free students, says school
ABUJA (Reuters) - Armed bandits in Nigeria have seized a negotiator who had been sent to pay ransom money to secure the release of 136 students kidnapped two months ago from an Islamic school in the n...
Jul 25, 2021
South Africa lifts some coronavirus restrictions after cases drop
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa on Sunday lifted restrictions on the sale of alcohol on weekdays and the movement of people between provinces as President Cyril Ramaphosa said a third wave of the...
Jul 25, 2021
U.S offers further air support to Afghan troops amid Taliban offensive
KABUL (Reuters) - United States will to continue to carry out airstrikes to support Afghan forces facing attack from the insurgent Taliban, a regional U.S. commander said on Sunday as U.S. and other i...
Jul 25, 2021
U.S. administers 341.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 341,818,968 doses of COVID-19 vaccines nationwide as of Sunday morning and distributed 394,948,975 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
Jul 25, 2021
Mozambique President Nyusi says army gaining ground in insurgency-hit region
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said on Sunday troops fighting the Islamic State-linked insurgency in its northern province of Cabo Delgado were gaining ground and the enemy...
Jul 25, 2021
Italy asks Europe for firefighting planes to tame Sardinia fires
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy asked European states on Sunday to send firefighting aircraft to help tame fires that have swept across parts of the island of Sardinia, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of...
Jul 25, 2021
Roundup: Stefanos Tsitsipas wins opener in Olympic debut
Third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece made his Olympics debut with a hard-fought 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany on Sunday in the first round of play in the 2020 Tokyo Game...
Jul 25, 2021
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