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Socialist Castillo close to victory in Peru as few votes remain to be counted
By Marcelo Rochabrun and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian socialist candidate Pedro Castillo was close to being named the Andean country's next president as the vote count neared an end, making ...
Jun 12, 2021
Vietnam approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has approved the COVID-19 vaccine jointly made by Pfizer and BioNTech for domestic emergency use, the government said on Saturday. It is the fourth vaccine to be endorsed in ...
Jun 12, 2021
Moscow residents told to stay off work to combat COVID-19
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow's mayor has effectively declared a public holiday for all of next week to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases. Sergei Sobyanin announced the decision on Saturday, saying it woul...
Jun 12, 2021
Russia tests COVID-19 vaccine as nasal spray for children – agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has tested a nasal spray form of its COVID-19 vaccine that is suitable for children aged 8-12, and plans to launch the new product in September, the scientist who led the dev...
Jun 12, 2021
Spanish child found tied to anchor died from drowning, autopsy finds
TENERIFE- (Reuters) - The child whose body was found inside a bag weighted down with an anchor in the ocean off the Spanish island of Tenerife died from drowning, an autopsy found on Saturday, as resc...
Jun 12, 2021
U.S. screens 2.02 million airport passengers Friday – highest since March 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 2.02 million passengers on Friday at U.S. airports, the highest number since March 2020 when the coronavir...
Jun 12, 2021
German foreign minister urges flexibility, pragmatism in Iran talks
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged all sides to show flexibility and pragmatism in talks about the Iranian nuclear deal which are due to resume later on Saturday afternoon....
Jun 12, 2021
Rising UK COVID cases are ‘serious, serious concern’, Johnson says
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - Rising COVID case numbers and hospitalisations are a matter of "serious, serious concern", British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday, adding he was less opt...
Jun 12, 2021
Blasts in western Kabul kill at least 5 – officials
KABUL (Reuters) - Two blasts rocked western Kabul on Saturday, killing at least five people, according to Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior. The blasts took place in a neighbourhood dominated by the ...
Jun 12, 2021
Biden to hold solo press conference after Putin meeting – White House official
By Steve Holland CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a solo press conference after his meeting with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin next week as that is the most appropriat...
Jun 12, 2021
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