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Kaseya ransomware attack sets off race to hack service providers -researchers
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A ransomware attack in July that paralyzed as many as 1,500 organizations by compromising tech-management software from a company called Kaseya has set off a r...
Aug 03, 2021
Spain’s infection rate continues to recede after last month’s Delta peak
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's COVID-19 contagion rate continues to fall, with the two-week rate dropping 19 points on Tuesday compared with the previous day. The 14-day coronavirus contagion rate was 653...
Aug 03, 2021
Olympics-Baseball-Israel’s dejected U.S.-born stars hope to inspire native heroes to fill their cleats
By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Israel's Olympic baseball team won just once in five tries and were walloped twice, but also came tantalizingly close to playing for a medal in Tokyo 2020's ...
Aug 03, 2021
WHO’s pandemic project faces cash crunch amid vaccine, oxygen shortages
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking $11.5 billion in urgent funding to fight the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, a draft report ...
Aug 03, 2021
Lebanon’s Aoun supports transparent investigation on eve of blast anniversary
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday he was fully supportive of an impartial investigation on last summer's Beirut port blast. In a televised speech on the eve of the anni...
Aug 03, 2021
Fighting displaces 100,000 in Ethiopia’s Amhara region -U.N. aid chief
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday 100,000 people have been displaced by fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara region and 8,000 in its Afar region. In recent week...
Aug 03, 2021
As Delta surges, U.S. military braces for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During his last days before dying from COVID-19, 26-year-old Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Myers played a breathing game with himself at a Flo...
Aug 03, 2021
Explainer-Think global, spend local: public deals shielded amid pandemic
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Governments and local authorities around the world have for decades put domestic companies first in the massive public procurement decisions they make with ta...
Aug 03, 2021
From comforter-in-chief to persona non grata: Cuomo’s stunning fall
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -For much of last year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was perhaps the most trusted politician in America; his daily televised coronavirus briefings, accompanied by a PowerPoint...
Aug 03, 2021
Bulgaria’s prime minister-designate optimistic he can lead minority government
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian prime minister-designate Plamen Nikolov of anti-elite There Is Such a People (ITN) party said on Tuesday he was optimistic he can lead a minority government although it rem...
Aug 03, 2021
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