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Llama antibodies blunt COVID variants in lab trial, says Belgian start-up
By Clement Rossignol GHENT, Belgium (Reuters) - Llama antibodies could soon be playing a role in the global fight against COVID-19, if clinical trials being conducted by a Belgian biomedical start-up ...
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Ukraine marks Independence Day vowing to reclaim annexed territory
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine held its first military parade in several years, celebrating the 30th anniversary of its independence and declaring it would reclaim areas of its territory annexed by Russia. ...
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Pakistan gets $2.75 billion in COVID-19 support funds from IMF
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Tuesday received $2.75 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) programme to support low-income countries hit by the co...
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Delta cases show 300 times higher viral load – S.Korea study
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - People infected with the more transmissible Delta variant have a viral load 300 times higher than those with the original version of the COVID-19 virus, when symptoms a...
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Hong Kong proposes film censorship law to ‘safeguard national security’
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong said on Tuesday new film censorship legislation will be introduced to "safeguard national security", in another sign of shrinking freedoms in the former ...
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Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children
By Abraham Achirga and Libby George TEGINA, Nigeria (Reuters) - After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam's 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned ...
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Law Society election in Hong Kong spotlights tensions over China, legal system
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's largest lawyer body will vote on its governing council on Tuesday, an annual event made fraught this year by the city-state's national security law, ...
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U.S. scraps plan to use S.Korea, Japan military bases for Afghan refugees -sources
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States has decided against the idea of using its largest overseas military bases in South Korea and Japan to house Afghan refugees temporarily, two sources...
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UN rights boss says has credible reports of Taliban executions
By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The top U.N. human rights official said on Tuesday that she had received credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in Afghan...
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Paralympics set to open in Tokyo amid worsening COVID-19 crisis
TOKYO (Reuters) - The 2020 Paralympic Games will kick off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelme...
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