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Dutch health council recommends COVID-19 booster for age 60+
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands' Health Council on Tuesday recommended that adults aged 60 and older who have been previously been vaccinated against COVID-19 also receive booster shots. The adv...
Nov 02, 2021
China’s top climate negotiator sees carbon market deal at COP26
GLASGOW (Reuters) - China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua told reporters on Tuesday that an agreement on carbon market rules that fall under article 6 of the Paris Agreement could be reached at t...
Nov 02, 2021
About 100 nations back pledge to slash methane emissions, U.S. says
GLASGOW (Reuters) - About 100 nations have pledged to cut emissions of methane as part of efforts to contain global warming, U.S. President Joe Biden told delegates at the U.N. climate conference. "On...
Nov 02, 2021
Johnson apologises to Israeli minister in wheelchair over GOP26 access ‘confusion’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised to Israel's energy minister after she complained that lack of wheelchair access had stopped her from attending the United Nations C...
Nov 02, 2021
Sarkozy refuses to answer questions at polling fraud trial – BFM
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to answer questions as he appeared as a witness in a trial in which his former aides are accused of misusing public funds on polling c...
Nov 02, 2021
Heads of Russia’s Security Council, CIA discuss Russia-U.S. ties – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and CIA Director William Burns met in Moscow to discuss relations between Russia and the United States, the RIA news agency quo...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. FAA proposes requiring balloon pilots to hold medical certificates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it was proposing requiring commercial hot-air-balloon pilots to hold medical certificates after a balloon crash in 2016 that was...
Nov 02, 2021
Austrian army dogs join growing global pack of COVID-sniffers
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's army has successfully trained two dogs to sniff out COVID-19, it said on Tuesday, adding to a mass of evidence that dogs can be deployed to identify carriers of the virus....
Nov 02, 2021
Palestinians facing Jerusalem evictions reject compromise with settlers, activist says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian families facing eviction from their Jerusalem homes turned down an Israeli court compromise on Tuesday in a long-running legal battle with Jewish settlers, a member o...
Nov 02, 2021
Wall Street banks step up preparations for Fed tapering volatility
By Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street banks are intensifying preparations for the Federal Reserve's withdrawal of pandemic stimulus to ensure they are able to handle spikes in market volat...
Nov 02, 2021
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