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Soccer-Hungary PM Orban: Taking knee is ‘provocation’, ‘has no place on pitch’
By Anita Komuves and Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday said kneeling to protest against discrimination before sporting events was a custom related to ...
Jun 10, 2021
India close to giving indemnity to foreign vaccine makers like Pfizer – sources
By Rupam Jain and Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is close to agreeing to grant foreign COVID-19 vaccine makers such as Pfizer Inc protection against legal liability so that it can use their sh...
Jun 10, 2021
India frets as Myanmar’s pro-democracy fighters cross border
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of people fleeing the junta's crackdown in Myanmar have crossed into India's far-flung eastern states, leading to worries among officials there that ...
Jun 10, 2021
Lawmakers urge EU U-turn to back vaccine patent waiver
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament has urged the European Union to reverse its position and support a proposed temporary lifting of intellectual property (IP) rights for COVID-19 vaccines an...
Jun 10, 2021
Poland faces first citizen lawsuits over climate change
WARSAW (Reuters) - Five individuals in Poland are taking the government to court over its alleged failure to protect them from the impact of climate change, the first such litigation in the coal-relia...
Jun 10, 2021
With AOC’s backing, Wiley cements liberal support in volatile NYC mayoral race
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - For months, a trio of liberal Democratic candidates in New York City's mayoral race has vied for the mantle of progressive standard-bearer in a crowded field. In rece...
Jun 10, 2021
Skull and crossbones sign given to unvaccinated in rural India
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Police in rural India have made some citizens who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus wear signs with a skull and crossbones, the universal sy...
Jun 10, 2021
China bank loans unexpectedly rise in May, but broader credit growth slows
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's new bank loans unexpectedly rose in May from the previous month but broader credit growth continued to slow, as the central bank seeks to contain rising debt in the world's...
Jun 10, 2021
No chance to be children: life in Canada’s residential schools
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Snatched up in cattle carts and by bus, tens of thousands of indigenous children taken to Canadian residential schools run mostly by the Catholic Church live...
Jun 10, 2021
COVID-19 takes center stage at U.S. primate center
By Nathan Frandino COVINGTON, La. (Reuters) - On a 500-acre plot of land near a small Louisiana town north of New Orleans, about 5,000 monkeys climb and lounge in an enclosure. Many of the primates, m...
Jun 10, 2021
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