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Germany lists all of Spain as COVID-19 risk area- ministry
(Corrects pronoun in final paragraph to show Spain's tourism minister is a woman) BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has declared all of Spain a coronavirus risk area, the foreign ministry said on Friday, mea...
Jul 09, 2021
Pfizer, BioNTech to seek authorization for COVID booster shot as Delta variant spreads
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer and partner BioNTech plan to ask U.S. and European regulators within weeks to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, based on evidence of greater risk of infectio...
Jul 09, 2021
Spanish tourist hotspots seek return to curfews as youth infections rage
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Canary Islands have joined the Mediterranean region of Valencia in petitioning the central government to bring back a mandatory night curfew to counter soaring COVID-19 infe...
Jul 09, 2021
Soccer-Rice and Phillips echo Ball and Stiles in England midfield
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - England have had some outstanding midfield partnerships over the last 50 years, players who have ruled Europe with their clubs, but Kalvin Phillips and Declan Rice...
Jul 09, 2021
U.S. donation of 1.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses arrives in Afghanistan
By Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) - A U.S. donation of more than 1.4 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Afghanistan on Friday, the first of two shipments this month, the U...
Jul 09, 2021
Olympics-Some 51 Australians to march in Tokyo opening ceremony: Coates
(Reuters) - As many as 51 Australian athletes will march at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 23 but coaches and officials will not join them, Australian Olympic Committee pre...
Jul 09, 2021
Dow, S&P futures rise as banks, energy stocks rebound
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 futures rose on Friday as energy and banking shares rebounded from a sharp selloff that was triggered by growth worries and has put the indexes on track f...
Jul 09, 2021
U.S. shipping COVID-19 vaccines to Bhutan, Nepal on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday will send 1.5 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal and 500,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine to Bhutan, a White House offi...
Jul 09, 2021
Special Report-Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as U.S. withdraws
By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Hamid Shalizi KABUL, (Reuters) - Afghan Air Force Major Dastagir Zamaray had grown so fearful of Taliban assassinations of off-duty forces in Kabul that he decided to s...
Jul 09, 2021
Digital boost to productivity since pandemic likely to last-BoE’s Bailey
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said he expected that an increase in productivity gains brought about by more investment in technology since the onset of the coronavirus cris...
Jul 09, 2021
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