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Meat-free diet may lower severe disease risk; no serious problems found with AstraZeneca shot in Scotland
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 09, 2021
Colombia cut coca crop area in 2020 but cocaine output rose -UNODC
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia reduced the area occupied by coca across the country by 7% in 2020, although potential output of cocaine rose 8% to 1,228 metric tons a year, the United Nations Office on D...
Jun 09, 2021
Spain backtracks on nightlife rules after regional complaints
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's health ministry on Wednesday scrapped a nationwide plan to gradually reopen nightlife just a week after introducing it, following widespread complaints from regional authori...
Jun 09, 2021
Turkey says Iraq’s Makhmour camp must be cleared of Kurdish militants
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that northern Iraq's Makhmour camp, where Turkish air strikes killed at least three people at the weekend, must be cleare...
Jun 09, 2021
Argo AI’s CEO says IPO expected within next year
(Reuters) - Self-driving startup Argo AI's founder and CEO, Bryan Salesky, on Wednesday said he expected the company to go public "within the next year" and would be raising one more round of private ...
Jun 09, 2021
Peru’s Castillo to respect market economy if declared election winner, says adviser
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo, who is narrowly leading the count from a presidential election at the weekend, would maintain a "market economy" if he becomes ...
Jun 09, 2021
LATAM Airlines seeks extension of deadline for restructuring plan
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group, the region's largest carrier, said on Wednesday that it had sought to extend until September the deadline to present its restructuring plan...
Jun 09, 2021
Czech health ministry recommends AstraZeneca, J&J jabs only for over-60s
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech health ministry recommended on Wednesday that only people over 60 years old should receive COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson due to a potential risk...
Jun 09, 2021
Federal appeals court blocks Missouri ban on abortions after 8 weeks
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - A panel of federal appeals court judges blocked a Missouri law on Wednesday that banned abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy, saying the provisions of the law viola...
Jun 09, 2021
Mastercard, Ambev back away from Copa America as players vent COVID-19 concerns
By Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Mastercard Inc and drinks company Ambev, major sponsors of South American soccer, backed away from the Copa America on Wednesday as players criticized organizer...
Jun 09, 2021
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