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Poland introduces 10-day quarantine for unvaccinated travellers from outside Schengen Area
WARSAW (Reuters) - From midnight, Poland will introduce a mandatory 10-day quarantine for travellers from outside the Schengen Area, a Deputy Health Minister said on Wednesday, in a bid to counter the...
Jun 23, 2021
Chilean scientists repurpose CO2 monitors to stop COVID spread indoors
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean researchers have repurposed a carbon dioxide detector model to warn of the risk of contracting COVID-19 in enclosed spaces. The prototype measures air po...
Jun 23, 2021
Political novice claims win in Democratic mayoral primary in New York’s 2nd largest city
By Peter Szekely and Nathan Layne NEW YORK (Reuters) - India Walton, a left-leaning political novice, appears to have unseated the four-term mayor of Buffalo, New York state's second largest city, in ...
Jun 23, 2021
Civic Center COVID testing site closing
PEORIA, Ill. — The COVID-19 testing site at the Peoria Civic Center will be closing permanently on Wednesday, June 23, after more than a year of serving the community. The testing site was first...
Jun 23, 2021
Irish fishermen take trawlers to central Dublin in Brexit protest
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish fishermen sent a flotilla of around 100 trawlers up the River Liffey in the centre of Dublin on Wednesday in protest at being hit harder than most member states by the Brexit ...
Jun 23, 2021
‘The time has come’ – U.S. lawmakers press case for overhauling military assault system
By Patricia Zengerle and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress said on Wednesday they would press ahead with efforts to change the law in order to overhaul how the military pr...
Jun 23, 2021
EU Commission approves France’s 39.5 billion euro recovery plan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission approved on Wednesday France's 39.5 billion euro plan to recover from the pandemic and transform the economy to become greener and more digitalised in comi...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. House panels expand probe into Emergent’s Baltimore COVID-19 vaccine plant
(Reuters) - Two U.S. House panels have expanded their probe into problems at Emergent BioSolutions Inc's Baltimore plant and have asked Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca for documents related to their...
Jun 23, 2021
Member of Oath Keepers to plead guilty to role in U.S. Capitol attack
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A member of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group is due to plead guilty on Wednesday to charges related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by support...
Jun 23, 2021
Ukraine registers first cases of COVID-19 Delta variant
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has registered its first two cases of the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, senior security official Oleksiy Danilov was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Danilov...
Jun 23, 2021
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