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Russia reports 8,481 new coronavirus cases, 177 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday reported 8,481 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally to 1,176,286. Authorities said 177 people had died, bringing the official...
Sep 30, 2020
Maskless Raiders under investigation after charity event
While the Tennessee Titans were dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak Tuesday, the Las Vegas Raiders may have landed in some pandemic-related trouble, too. Quarterback Derek Carr was one of several Raiders...
Sep 30, 2020
Russia completes clinical trials of second potential COVID-19 vaccine: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has completed clinical trials of a second potential vaccine against COVID-19, developed by Siberia's Vector Institute, the RIA news agency cited Russian consumer safety watch...
Sep 30, 2020
Germany confirms one more African swine fever case in wild boar
HAMBURG (Reuters) - One more case of African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in a wild boar in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, the state government there said on Wednesday. The new disco...
Sep 30, 2020
UK PM Johnson to speak on COVID-19 as anger mounts towards curbs
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a news conference on COVID-19 on Wednesday as he grapples with a swiftly spreading second wave of the novel coronavirus outbreak and g...
Sep 30, 2020
Japan’s military asks new government to continue strengthening of armed forces
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's military has asked Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's new government for its ninth straight annual budget increase, including funds to begin development of an advan...
Sep 30, 2020
EU drafts rules to force big tech companies to share data: FT
(Reuters) - The European Union (EU) is preparing to force big technology companies to share their customer data with smaller rivals, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing an early draft of...
Sep 30, 2020
Karabakh fighting enters fourth day, Armenia says no need for outside military help
YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces entered a fourth day on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of their decades-old conflict since a 1994 ceasefire. Azerbaij...
Sep 30, 2020
Huawei lawyers to respond to prosecution arguments in CFO’s U.S. extradition case
By Moira Warburton and Tessa Vikander VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will have a chance on Wednesday to respond to arguments made by the Canadian governm...
Sep 30, 2020
Russia to supply 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Egypt
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday it had agreed to supply 25 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine to Egypt via Pharco, which it described as one of the cou...
Sep 30, 2020
