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Botswana’s COVID-19 budget balloons as it battles for vaccines
GABARONE (Reuters) - Botswana needs to budget an extra 1.13 billion pula ($100 million) to help secure COVID-19 vaccines and equipment as the southern African country battles a third wave of infection...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes South Sandwich Islands region – EMSC
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands region on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 96 km, EMSC said. (...
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Taliban vows to provide safe passage to Kabul airport, Biden adviser says
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Taliban has told the United States it will provide safe passage for civilians to reach the airport in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, U.S. national security adv...
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Fed’s Powell: Not certain Delta outbreak will dent recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It remains unclear whether the heightened outbreak of the coronavirus Delta variant will have a noticeable impact on the economy, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Tuesda...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
UAE senior official says Taliban statements encouraging
CAIRO (Reuters) - A senior UAE official said on Tuesday the statements of the Taliban are "encouraging", in the first comment from the Gulf country since the fall of Kabul to the Islamist movement. "N...
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Golf-Popov relishing title defence at AIG Women’s Open
(Reuters) - Sophia Popov has embraced her status as the defending champion at the AIG Women's Open at Carnoustie this week, telling reporters on Tuesday that she is ready to build on her fairytale tri...
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Durbin, Duckworth: Peoria Air National Guard Unit Stays Put
PEORIA, Ill. – If Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth have their way, the 182nd Airlift Wing unit in Peoria won’t be going away any time soon. Durbin and Duckworth, along with U.S. Re...
Will Stevenson Aug 17, 2021
‘Times have changed’: some Afghan women defiant as Taliban return
By Rupam Jain and Lucy Marks (Reuters) - Afghan women and girls who have won freedoms they could not have dreamt of under the last Taliban rule that ended 20 years ago are desperate not to lose them n...
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Strengthening storm Grace pummels Jamaica with heavy rain, wind
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Grace pounded Jamaica with heavy rain and wind on Tuesday after causing flooding in parts of Haiti, which is scrambling to deal with a major earthq...
Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021
Houston will pay $100 to anyone receiving first COVID vaccine dose
(Reuters) - Anybody who receives the first dose of a COVID vaccine before the end of August in the county that encompasses Houston will receive $100, the county's top elected official said on Tuesday....
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