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Moscow to give away free cars to spur people to get COVID vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow's mayor said on Sunday the city would give away free cars in a prize draw for residents who get the COVID-19 shot in an effort to speed up the sluggish rate of vaccinations a...
Jun 13, 2021
Thousands protest against Spain’s possible pardons for jailed Catalan leaders
(Corrects paragraph six to make clear Calvo told Vanguardia) MADRID (Reuters) -Thousands of Spaniards protested in Madrid on Sunday against government plans to pardon 12 Catalan politicians who were c...
Jun 13, 2021
Dutch political gridlock deepens as key lawmaker quits Christian Democrat party
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An impasse in Dutch politics deepened over the weekend after a key lawmaker quit the Christian Democrats, threatening a split in Prime Minister Mark Rutte's most important possib...
Jun 13, 2021
Ambush in northern Ivory Coast kills three soldiers
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Three Ivorian soldiers were killed on patrol near the border with Burkina Faso on Saturday when one of their vehicles hit an improvised explosive and the convoy was ambushed, Ivory...
Jun 13, 2021
Environmentalist Attenborough tells G7: We need the will to tackle climate change
FALMOUTH, England (Reuters) - British environmentalist David Attenborough told Group of Seven leaders on Sunday that tackling climate change was now as much a political challenge as it was a scientifi...
Jun 13, 2021
Toshiba to change board director candidates as two step down
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp will change its slate of board director candidates for an unpcoming shareholder meeting as two previously nominated directors are stepping down, it said on Sunday, as cr...
Jun 13, 2021
Tennis-Czech Krejcikova adds women’s doubles to singles title at Roland Garros
PARIS (Reuters) - Czech Barbora Krejcikova completed a singles-doubles title sweep at the French Open on Sunday when she lifted the women's doubles trophy with compatriot Katerina Siniakova, beating I...
Jun 13, 2021
Swiss voters look set to reject law to help cut carbon emissions
ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss voters look set to reject a new law which would help the country meet its goals under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, according to early indications by national broadcas...
Jun 13, 2021
Athletics-After remarkable recovery, Bromell keeps the faith at U.S. Olympic trials
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Nearly five years since he was carted off the track at the Rio Games with a torn Achilles, Trayvon Bromell attributes his remarkable comeback to one thing: An act of God. Th...
Jun 13, 2021
Analysis-G7’s billion vaccine plan counts some past pledges, limiting impact
By Carl O'Donnell, Andrea Shalal and Allison Martell (Reuters) - A G7 plan to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries will have limited impact because it includes some previous ple...
Jun 13, 2021
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