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Spain scraps outdoor mask-wearing rule, but many stay covered up
By Raul Cadenas and Catherine MacDonald MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards were allowed to ditch their face masks for a walk in the park or a trip to the beach on Saturday for the first time in more than a ...
Jun 26, 2021
Delta variant ‘spreading rapidly’ from Lisbon to rest of Portugal
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Over 70% of coronavirus cases in the Lisbon area are from the more contagious Delta variant, which is quickly spreading to other parts of the country, a report sa...
Jun 26, 2021
Engineer had warned of structural damage before Florida building collapse -NYT
(Reuters) - A consultant had warned three years before the deadly collapse of a South Florida condominium building that there was evidence of "major structural damage" to the concrete slab below the p...
Jun 26, 2021
Trump revenge tour kicks off with Saturday rally in Ohio
By Nathan Layne WELLINGTON, Ohio (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a rally on Saturday in Ohio, his first since his supporters' deadly attack on the Capitol, as he aims to bolst...
Jun 26, 2021
Russian regions run low on vaccines as COVID-19 cases hit record
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A central Russian region on Saturday suspended COVID-19 vaccinations for two days due to a shortage of doses, local officials said, as the country reported its highest daily increas...
Jun 26, 2021
Tokyo 2020 organisers to offer volunteers COVID-19 vaccine – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers will give all 70,000 volunteers working for the Games an opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the Nikkei newspaper reported o...
Jun 26, 2021
Indonesia reports record 21,095 coronavirus cases – health ministry
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia recorded its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Saturday with 21,095 cases, taking the total tally to 2,093,962, according to data from the country's health m...
Jun 26, 2021
Pressure builds on UK’s Johnson to fire health secretary
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to fire his health secretary after the admission that he broke COVID-19 guidelines by kis...
Jun 26, 2021
VW to end sales of combustion engines in Europe by 2035
BERLIN (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen will stop selling combustion engines cars in Europe by 2035 as it shifts to electric vehicles, but later in the United States and China, a board member wa...
Jun 26, 2021
Taiwan reports first domestic case of Delta COVID variant
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan reported its first domestically transmitted case of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus on Saturday, tightening controls in a southern part of the island w...
Jun 26, 2021
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