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EU’s Michel: G7 to accelerate global COVID-19 vaccine deliveries
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Group of Seven countries have agreed to step up their production and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines around the world, European Union Council President Charles Mi...
Jun 13, 2021
Germany’s Merkel hopes for G7 infrastructure plans in 2022
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said she hoped that a new Group of Seven task force can present first infrastructure projects in developing countries in 2022....
Jun 13, 2021
Erdogan says he and Biden must leave troubles behind at NATO meeting
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said that he and U.S. President Joe Biden must use a Monday meeting to move on from past troubles, including a bitter dispute over Turke...
Jun 13, 2021
Soccer-Former internationals criticise UEFA after Eriksen’s collapse
By Philip O'Connor COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Former Danish internationals Peter Schmeichel and Michael Laudrup have harshly criticised governing body UEFA over their handling of the collapse of Christian...
Jun 13, 2021
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
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