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Australian Aboriginal groups to get more say over heritage protection
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Aboriginal groups will be consulted more widely but gain no veto over development projects on their traditional lands, under proposed changes to laws in the state wher...
Aug 18, 2021
Afghans evacuated to Germany describe terrifying scenes at Kabul airport
By Tilman Blasshofer Frankfurt (Reuters) - Afghans who arrived in Germany on Wednesday described chaotic and terrifying scenes at Kabul airport before they were evacuated to safety and said they feare...
Aug 18, 2021
Taliban will be judged on actions, not words, says UK’s Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday the Taliban, which seized the Afghan capital on Sunday after a lightning offensive, would be judged on their actions, not thei...
Aug 18, 2021
Russia says Sputnik Light 93.5% effective in Paraguay vaccination campaign
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine against COVID-19 has demonstrated 93.5% efficacy in Paraguay, with data taken from the South American country's vaccination campaign, the ...
Aug 18, 2021
‘Berserk’ UK house prices rise at fastest rate since 2004
LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose in June at the fastest annual rate since 2004 as the market surged ahead of a phasing out of a tax break on property purchases, official data showed on Wed...
Aug 18, 2021
Rugby-Australia great Kefu and family ‘doing well’ after violent attack
(Reuters) - Rugby World Cup winner and Tonga coach Toutai Kefu said on Wednesday he and his children are out of hospital after they suffered serious injuries in a violent attack by intruders at their ...
Aug 18, 2021
Shares in Indonesia’s Bukalapak extend falls, shed over 20% since IPO
(Corrects price in paragraph 1 to 830 rupiah, not 830,000) (Reuters) - Shares in Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak dropped by 6.74% on Wednesday to 830 rupiah, with the stock shedding 21% since its...
Aug 18, 2021
PM Johnson says Britain will do all it can to prevent Afghan crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday Britain would do everything it could to avert a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan where he described the capture of the count...
Aug 18, 2021
Rare doctors’ outcry highlights Cuba’s COVID crisis, growing dissent
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Several doctors in Cuba have taken to social media to decry shortages of medicine, oxygen and other materials needed to battle a dire COVID-19 outbreak, in a rare pub...
Aug 18, 2021
Top earning bankers shifted from Britain to EU ahead of Brexit
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain lost nearly a hundred highly paid bankers ahead of its departure from the European Union, the bloc's banking watchdog said on Wednesday, the latest confirmation...
Aug 18, 2021
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