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Armenia votes in neck-and-neck parliamentary election
By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Voting was underway in a parliamentary election in Armenia on Sunday, with opinion polls putting the party of acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and that of for...
Jun 20, 2021
Libya’s Haftar closes border with Algeria
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libya's eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar have closed the border with Algeria, they said on Sunday, after major deployments of his forces to the south undersco...
Jun 20, 2021
Swiss to start inoculating youngsters against COVID-19 as early as next week
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland plans to allow 12- to 15-year olds to receive vaccinations against COVID-19 as soon as next week, government vaccine chief Christoph Berger told Swiss newspaper NZZ in a...
Jun 20, 2021
South Korea to loosen social distancing rules on July 1
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will relax social distancing rules and allow private gatherings of up to six people in the greater Seoul area from the current four starting July 1, the go...
Jun 20, 2021
Russian envoy to U.S. returns to Washington with optimistic mindset -RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, was in an optimistic mood ahead of his return to Washington on Sunday, expecting meetings scheduled with U.S. colleagues n...
Jun 20, 2021
Russia reports 17,611 new COVID-19 cases, 450 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 17,611 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 8,305 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,316,826. The government coronavirus ...
Jun 20, 2021
Soccer-Germany’s Loew not surprised by heroics of highly-rated Gosens
MUNICH (Reuters) - Germany coach Joachim Loew praised Robin Gosens for his dominant display in Saturday's 4-2 Euro 2020 win over Portugal, saying he knew very early in the left back's time with the na...
Jun 20, 2021
Philippines signs deal for 40 million Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 doses
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, the head of the government's COVID-19 va...
Jun 20, 2021
Porsche to set up joint venture with German battery maker
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen's luxury sports car unit Porsche AG is setting up a joint venture with Customcells to produce high-performance batteries that will significantly reduce charging times,...
Jun 20, 2021
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily says only has cash for few weeks after assets frozen
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily said on Sunday the freezing of its assets in a national security probe had left the newspaper with cash for "only a few weeks" of no...
Jun 20, 2021
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