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Colombia reopens border with Venezuela after 14 months
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Wednesday began what its government called a gradual opening of its border with Venezuela after a 14-month closure intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Colomb...
Jun 02, 2021
About 12% of Russians have had one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has administered at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to more than 18 million people, around 12% of the population, the TASS news agency cited Health Minister Mikhail Mura...
Jun 02, 2021
Kuwait approves Sotrovimab COVID-19 treatment – state media
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait has approved GSK and Vir Biotechnology's Sotrovimab as a treatment for coronavirus, state news KUNA reported on Wednesday. Kuwait is the second country in the Middle East to a...
Jun 02, 2021
SAP launches business network to help with supply chains
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Software group SAP said on Wednesday it was launching a social network for businesses, creating a forum around some of its key product lines that will help connec...
Jun 02, 2021
Judge ends Blagojevich’s supervision
CHICAGO — A federal judge has granted an early termination of supervised release to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said in Tuesday’s order that prosec...
Jun 02, 2021
Sinopharm able to provide over 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to rest of world in H2 2021-Chairman
BEIJING (Reuters) - China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) has the capacity to provide more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to the rest of the world in the second half of this year, the...
Jun 02, 2021
Belarusian man returned to prison after trying to cut own throat in court -local media
(Reuters) - A Belarusian man who tried to cut his own throat during a court hearing has likely been taken back to prison after undergoing emergency treatment in hospital, local independent media outle...
Jun 02, 2021
Philippines Duterte urges vaccine uptake after missing targets
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the public on Wednesday to get vaccinated against COVID-19, after data showed the government was far behind its immunisation targets...
Jun 02, 2021
Savannah Energy in talks to buy Exxon’s stake in Chad, Cameroon assets
(Reuters) -Africa-focused Savannah Energy said on Wednesday it was in exclusive talks to buy U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp's interest in two energy assets in Chad and Cameroon. The British oil an...
Jun 02, 2021
Vaccine group GAVI says summit secures $2.4 billion for COVID shots for poor countries
ZURICH (Reuters) - The chairman of the GAVI vaccine alliance, Jose Manuel Barroso, said on Wednesday that a pledging summit secured nearly $2.4 billion, bringing total contributions nearly to $9.6 bil...
Jun 02, 2021
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