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Case of kidnapped American Mark Frerichs will weigh on Taliban’s legitimacy -U.S. official
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has pressed the Taliban to return Mark Frerichs, an American kidnapped in Afghanistan, and his case will weigh on the legitimacy of any future T...
Aug 18, 2021
Australia’s Victoria reports year’s biggest COVID-19 caseload
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Thursday reported 57 locally acquired cases of COVID-19, the biggest daily rise this year, as authorities scramble to quell an outbreak of the highly i...
Aug 18, 2021
Explainer: What happens next in Huawei CFO Meng’s Canada extradition case?
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Judicial hearings in Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's extradition case wrapped up on Wednesday and British Columbia Associate Chief Justice Heathe...
Aug 18, 2021
Illumina closes $7.1 billion deal for cancer test maker Grail amid regulatory hurdles
(Reuters) -Illumina Inc has completed its $7.1 billion acquisition of cancer detection test maker Grail Inc, it said on Wednesday amid challenges posed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Eur...
Aug 18, 2021
Morgues fill to capacity in Haitian town hard-hit by quake
LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Bodies lay in the courtyard of one morgue in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes on Wednesday as funeral directors struggled to cope with the arrival of corpses followi...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. will limit some Chinese passenger air carriers to 40% capacity — order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday said it will limit some Chinese air carrier flights to 40% passenger capacity for four weeks after the Chinese government imposed...
Aug 18, 2021
Mexico to receive 1.75 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccines from U.S
By Sharay Angulo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is set to receive the first batch of 1.75 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the United States at the weekend, Foreign Minister Marcelo Eb...
Aug 18, 2021
Brazil reports 41,714 cases, 1,064 COVID deaths in 24 hours -ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 41,714 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 1,064 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The South American c...
Aug 18, 2021
Mexico posts new record number of daily coronavirus cases
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Wednesday posted a record 28,953 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,152,205, health ministry data showed. Th...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. administers 358.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 358,599,835 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 419,612,925 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Aug 18, 2021
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