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Lithuania to build barrier on Belarus border to stop migrants, says PM
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania will build a barrier on its border with Belarus and tap the army to patrol it to deter migrants, the prime minister said on Wednesday, after Belarus decided to allow cros...
Jul 07, 2021
Earthquake shakes Taiwan’s capital Taipei
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Buildings shook briefly in Taiwan's capital Taipei on Wednesday during an earthquake, with no immediate reports of damage. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said the magnitude 5 quake...
Jul 07, 2021
Japan’s SoftBank hires NBCUniversal exec as global communications head
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp has hired Mark Kornblau, a NBCUniversal executive and former communications director in the Obama administration, to head its global communications team, the Japanese c...
Jul 07, 2021
Paris to quit Franco-German MAWS defence programme, La Tribune says
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris is about to leave the Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare System (MAWS) defence procurement programme, online newspaper La Tribune reported on Wednesday, following Germany'...
Jul 07, 2021
Athletics-Rules for intersex athletes similar to apartheid, says Cameroon minister-counsellor
(Reuters) - World Athletics is discriminating against women with intersex variations by requiring them to reduce high testosterone levels to participate in the female category and the rules are simila...
Jul 07, 2021
India’s patchy monsoon rains to pick up later this week -weather official
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's crucial monsoon rains, which turned patchy at the tail-end of June, will pick up later this week, a weather department official said, helping farmers a...
Jul 07, 2021
India expects 3-4 million Pfizer, Moderna vaccine doses through COVAX by August- sources
By Rupam Jain and Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India expects to receive 3 million to 4 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 shots through the COVAX facility by August, two sources said...
Jul 07, 2021
COVID Delta variant represents around 40% of French cases -government
PARIS (Reuters) -The highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus now represents around 40 percent of France's COVID cases, said French government spokesman Gabriel Attal on Wednesday, who al...
Jul 07, 2021
Grassroots of Home: Tom Jones joins small-gig kick-start for UK live music scene
LONDON (Reuters) - Tom Jones and Rag'n'Bone Man are the star names in a line-up of singers scheduled to give more than 300 concerts at grassroots venues across Britain this summer, helping to kick-sta...
Jul 07, 2021
Olympics-Mills and Campbell named Australia’s flag bearers for Tokyo Games
(Reuters) - Basketball player Patty Mills will become the first Indigenous Australian to carry the country's flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympics after he was selected for the honour alongside...
Jul 07, 2021
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