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Veterans agency to require COVID-19 vaccinations for staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday said it would require its doctors and other medical staff to get COVID-19 vaccines, becoming the first federal agency to impose ...
Jul 26, 2021
Spain’s COVID-19 incidence rate rises, but officials see signs of hope
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of new COVID-19 cases in Spain continued to increase on Monday, with the 14-day incidence rate reaching 700 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, but officials said the sit...
Jul 26, 2021
Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his com...
Jul 26, 2021
U.S. CDC hikes alerts for Spain, Cuba, Israel over COVID-19 cases
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday warned against travel to Spain, Portugal, Cuba, Cyprus and Kyrgyzstan because of a rising ...
Jul 26, 2021
Record-smashing heat extremes may become much more likely with climate change – study
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) - Cyprus. Cuba. Turkey. Canada. Northern Ireland. Antarctica. All recorded their hottest-ever temperatures in the last two years, and according to a new study, more such ext...
Jul 26, 2021
U.S. EPA to set stricter requirements on coal-fired power plants -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it will set stricter requirements for how coal-fired power plants dispose of wastewater full of arsenic, lead and mercury...
Jul 26, 2021
Former Chilean priest at center of abuse scandal dies at 90
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Former Chilean priest Fernando Karadima, a key figure in a sexual abuse case that sent shockwaves through the Roman Catholic Church in the Andean nation, died on Monday at the age...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Gymnastics-Top women eliminated in Tokyo by a technicality
(fixes spelling of introduced in fifth para) By Karen Braun (Reuters) -Sixteen-year-old Viktoria Listunova won the women's artistic gymnastics all-around title at both the European and Russian Champio...
Jul 26, 2021
White House says concerned about developments in Tunisia, urges calm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is concerned about developments in Tunisia and urged calm in the country, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday, adding the United States is in touc...
Jul 26, 2021
El Salvador to receive 1 million vaccine doses from China after boosting diplomatic ties
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador will receive a batch of 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses made by Chinese company Sinopharm on Monday in a show of strengthened diplomatic ties between the two nati...
Jul 26, 2021
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