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Moscow mayor says Delta variant accounts for 90% of new COVID-19 cases
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ninety percent of newly-detected COVID-19 cases in Moscow are being registered as the more contagious Delta variant of the virus, the Russian capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on...
Jun 23, 2021
Ryanair CEO sees travel ‘mushrooming’ despite COVID-19 restrictions
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - As the summer holiday season kicks off, the number of passengers hopping on Ryanair planes is "mushrooming" despite travel restrictions in place to control the sp...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. embassy in Thailand rejects citizens’ appeal for vaccines
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Thailand on Wednesday turned down a direct appeal to fly in coronavirus vaccines for its citizens but said the U.S. government was taking actions to boost vacci...
Jun 23, 2021
Ethiopia conducted election in a ‘credible’ manner, AU observers say
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's parliamentary polls, held on Monday, were conducted in a "credible" manner, the African Union's election observer mission said on Wednesday. "Overall the election an...
Jun 23, 2021
Global regulators to introduce first oversight of ESG raters
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A global securities watchdog plans to publish its first regulatory guidance for raters of corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in July to st...
Jun 23, 2021
Slovakia offers 160,000 doses of Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia plans to sell or donate 160,000 doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to other countries, a government website showed on Wednesday, offering up much of the first batch it...
Jun 23, 2021
UK says no Russian shots were fired at navy ship in Black Sea
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday no Russian warning shots were fired at a British navy ship in the Black Sea and did not recognise claims that bombs were dropped in its path. Interfax cite...
Jun 23, 2021
Spain approves Masmovil’s $2.4 billion takeover of Euskaltel
MADRID (Reuters) -Masmovil's 1.99 billion euro ($2.38 billion) takeover of Spanish telecoms rival Euskaltel has won state approval, government sources said on Wednesday. The friendly merger, which rec...
Jun 23, 2021
Spain’s PM to meet Catalan leader after pardons for separatists
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will meet Catalonia's regional government chief Pere Aragones in Madrid on June 29, one week after the government pardoned nine separatist leade...
Jun 23, 2021
As Moscow gets tougher on COVID, some Russians buy fake proof of shots
By Olesya Astakhova, Polina Ivanova and Maria Vasilyeva MOSCOW (Reuters) - A black market in fake vaccination certificates is thriving in Russia after Moscow city authorities ordered all public-facing...
Jun 23, 2021
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