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WHO’s Tedros says vaccine shortage in poor countries a global failure
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world's inability to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries is a global failure that highlights injustice, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday....
Jun 25, 2021
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says logistics ready for Iranian fuel imports
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday repeated pledges to import Iranian fuel should shortages across the country persist. Nasrallah, who heads the Iranian-bac...
Jun 25, 2021
Italy reports 56 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 753 new cases
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 56 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday against 28 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 753 from 927. Italy has re...
Jun 25, 2021
Delta, Kappa variants surge in Italy to nearly 17% of cases, health institute says
By Reuters Staff MILAN (Reuters) - The Delta coronavirus variant and its sibling Kappa have surged in Italy in the past month, accounting for nearly 17% of total COVID-19 cases, the national health in...
Jun 25, 2021
WHO’s Tedros on Tigray bombing: denying health care access to victims unacceptable
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that ambulances had been blocked from reaching victims of an air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray reg...
Jun 25, 2021
Olympics-Lloyd leaves the critics behind on road to fourth Games
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - After two World Cup titles, a pair of Olympic golds and a roster spot secured for her fourth Summer Games, there is seemingly little that Carli Lloyd can't do. In a recent Z...
Jun 25, 2021
“Space is for everyone”: Europe’s Space Agency to hire first disabled astronaut
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Space Agency hopes to hire and launch the world's first physically disabled astronaut and several hundred would-be para-astronauts have already applie...
Jun 25, 2021
Factbox-After Chauvin sentencing, charges remain for police officers in Floyd case
(Reuters) - Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on Friday for murdering George Floyd in May 2020. Chauvin, who was captured on cell phone video kneeling on Floyd's neck for ne...
Jun 25, 2021
Fed’s Mester says investments in workforce and inclusion lead to more resilient economy
(Reuters) - Investments that strengthen the labor force and improve economic inclusion can help to boost economic growth, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester said on Friday. "If we...
Jun 25, 2021
UK pilot scheme finds no big COVID outbreaks at test events
LONDON (Reuters) - A British trial of how risky cultural and sporting events are for transmission of the coronavirus found no substantial outbreaks of COVID-19 although the findings were based on a lo...
Jun 25, 2021
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