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U.S. Treasury’s Yellen to push development banks to step up climate financing effort
VENICE (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that she will soon instruct the major multilateral development banks to "increase their climate ambition" and set ambitious timel...
Jul 11, 2021
Hundreds of Thai medical workers infected despite Sinovac vaccinations
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health ministry said on Sunday more than 600 medical workers who received two doses of China's Sinovac vaccine have been infected with COVID-19, as authorities weigh giv...
Jul 11, 2021
Violence spreads to South Africa’s economic hub in wake of Zuma jailing
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Shops were looted overnight and a section of the M2 highway was closed in Johannesburg on Sunday, as sporadic acts of violence following the jailing of former South African Pr...
Jul 11, 2021
Thousands evacuated from floods in China’s Sichuan, more rain forecast
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Heavy rains and flooding have forced thousands of people to evacuate in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, with authorities on Sunday urging citizens across the country to ...
Jul 11, 2021
UK minister confident of further COVID-19 rule easing from July 19
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK government is confident that plans to lift a range of COVID-19 restrictions will go ahead on July 19 in England but mask-wearing in indoor enclosed places will be expected, v...
Jul 11, 2021
Russia reports 25,033 new COVID-19 cases, 749 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 25,033 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 5,410 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,783,333. The government coronavirus ...
Jul 11, 2021
Israel offers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to adults at risk
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it will begin offering a booster shot of Pfizer Inc's vaccine to adults with weak immune systems but it was still weighing whether a third ...
Jul 11, 2021
At least 12 killed as bus carrying migrants crashes in Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) - A bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed in eastern Turkey early on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 26 others, local authorities said. The c...
Jul 11, 2021
U.S.’s Yellen says expects to finalize tax changes for large firms in 2022
VENICE (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that a new mechanism to allow more countries to tax large, highly profitable multinational firms may not be ready for considerati...
Jul 11, 2021
Virgin Galactic’s Branson ready for space launch aboard rocket plane
By Steve Gorman LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Reuters) - British billionaire Richard Branson was due on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles above the New Me...
Jul 11, 2021
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