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Turkey launches ‘sea snot’ clean-up to save Sea of Marmara
By Dilara Senkaya and Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey vowed to save the Sea of Marmara on Tuesday by launching a disaster management programme meant to clean up a slimy "sea snot" outbreak...
Jun 08, 2021
Shots on wheels: Malaysia goes mobile with mass vaccine rollout
By Ebrahim Harris KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia went mobile with its mass immunisation drive on Tuesday, with the rollout of the first of 40 vaccine trucks set to hit the highways in the coming mo...
Jun 08, 2021
Frontier local government bond index launched by FTSE Russell
LONDON (Reuters) - FTSE Russell has launched an index series to track frontier market local currency bonds, the latest sign of interest in an expanding part of global debt markets. The FTSE Frontier E...
Jun 08, 2021
UK reports 6,048 more COVID-19 cases, 13 further deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday reported 6,048 more COVID-19 cases and 13 further deaths within 28 days of a positive test, according to official data. The number of people who have received the...
Jun 08, 2021
Blinken anticipates hundreds of sanctions on Iran to remain in place
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said he anticipates that even if Iran and the United States return to compliance with the nuclear deal, hundreds of U.S. sancti...
Jun 08, 2021
White House urges states to seek to lengthen shelf life for J&J COVID-19 shots
(Reuters) - A top White House official on Tuesday urged state governers to work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to extend the shelf life of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 shot as millions of ...
Jun 08, 2021
Days before G7, PM Johnson’s lawmakers attack ‘unBritish’ aid cuts
LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers from the governing Conservative Party railed against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cut to foreign aid spending on Tuesday, a show of defiance just days before their leade...
Jun 08, 2021
Boeing notches big 737 MAX order in May; 787 deliveries drop
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Tuesday it delivered 10 737 MAX jets in May compared with four a month earlier, as the U.S. planemaker works past an electrical issue that cut ...
Jun 08, 2021
Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Nasrallah reassures on health, thanks supporters
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said his health was good and thanked all who had asked after him in a televised speech on Tuesday. "A human being is a human being, ...
Jun 08, 2021
Group of EU states push back on using green finance rules in public spending
By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's planned rulebook for green investments faced fresh pushback this week, with seven countries questioning its use in public spen...
Jun 08, 2021
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