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U.S. to ship 2.5 million doses of J&J vaccine to Columbia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. plans to ship 2.5 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to Columbia, the White House said Wednesday. (Reporting by Heather Timmons, Editing by Franklin ...
Jun 30, 2021
Canada’s Senate puts LGBT conversion therapy bill on hold for summer
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A pledge by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ban LGBT conversion therapy has been delayed until at least September, after an attempt to recall the Senate over the summer to...
Jun 30, 2021
World Bank says will boost financing for COVID-19 vaccines to $20 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank will boost its total financing for COVID-19 vaccine purchases and deployment to $20 billion from its previous target of $12 billion, World Bank President David Ma...
Jun 30, 2021
World Bank passes $4 billion milestone in funding for COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday said it had provided more than $4 billion for the purchase and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines to 51 developing countries, half of which are in Afric...
Jun 30, 2021
U.S. calls on Russia to stop Central Africa violence
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations called on Russia on Wednesday to stop violence by "mercenaries working as an arm of Russia's Ministry of Defense" in the Central Af...
Jun 30, 2021
Delta variant gains ground in U.S., men do worse with COVID-19
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Jun 30, 2021
U.S. dollar share of global FX reserves rises to 59.5% in Q1
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar's share of currency reserves reported to the International Monetary Fund edged up to 59.5% in the first quarter of the year, from 58.9% in the previous quarter, IM...
Jun 30, 2021
Veon to strive for deeper 4G coverage, no current 5G plans
By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Supantha Mukherjee BARCELONA (Reuters) - Veon wants to focus on 4G deployment for the next three years before rolling out 5G, its chief executive said on Wednesday, a stra...
Jun 30, 2021
Moderna, J&J to make up bulk of Germany’s 2022 extra vaccine purchases – ministry paper
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to spend 3.9 billion euros on 204 million vaccine doses for next year to guard against production bottlenecks and have ample provision for any new COVID-19 variants th...
Jun 30, 2021
Russia says ‘non-starter’ to allow Syria aid through Iraq
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's U.N. envoy Vassily Nebenzia on Wednesday described as a "non-starter" a bid to reopen a second border crossing into Syria from Iraq for aid deli...
Jun 30, 2021
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