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Britain’s COVID-19 cases up by 7.6% over past week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 33,904 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Wednesday, meaning cases between Aug. 12 and Aug. 18 were up by 7.6% compared with the previous seven days. ...
Aug 18, 2021
Italy reports 69 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, 7,162 new cases
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 69 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday against 54 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections increased to 7,162 from 5,273. I...
Aug 18, 2021
Evacuations more important than U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal date -House panel chairman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday the U.S. military should stay in Afghanistan beyond the planned Aug. 31 withdrawal ...
Aug 18, 2021
Poland sends troops to Belarus border as migrant numbers surge
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has sent more than 900 troops to help secure its border with Belarus, its defence minister said on Wednesday, after a surge in illegal border crossings. Poland and Lithuania,...
Aug 18, 2021
Athletics-Warholm warns shoe technology could hurt credibility
By Sophie Penney OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm is not against innovation in sports but feels the new carbon-technology shoes are hurting athletes' credibility, the men's 400 metre...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. job growth through March revised down- BLS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely created 166,000 fewer jobs in the 12 months through March than previously estimated, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday....
Aug 18, 2021
In Mideast, Taliban victory seen as lesson in waning U.S. power
By Hams Rabah AMMAN (Reuters) - Across the Middle East, the Taliban's rapid seizure of power in Afghanistan has been seen by some as a signal that players in the region can no longer depend on diminis...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. CDC to create new information center to forecast disease threats
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it is creating a new disease forecasting center to improve the ability to use data to predict and gauge emerging healt...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. to start offering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in September
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday it plans to make COVID-19 vaccine booster shots widely available to all Americans starting on Sept. 20 as infections rise from the D...
Aug 18, 2021
Sweden’s HYBRIT delivers world’s first fossil-free steel
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT said on Wednesday that it had made the world's first customer delivery of steel produced without using coal as it looks to revolutionize an ind...
Aug 18, 2021
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