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UK PM’s press secretary self-isolating after suspected coronavirus contact: Daily Mail
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's press secretary, Allegra Stratton, is self-isolating after suspected coronavirus contact, the Daily Mail reported on Friday, citing sources. http://d...
Jan 22, 2021
Exclusive: AstraZeneca to cut EU’s COVID vaccine deliveries by 60% in first quarter – EU source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca told European Union officials on Friday that it would cut deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc by 60% to 31 million doses in the first quarter of the year du...
Jan 22, 2021
‘Choose – I kill you or rape you’: abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia’s war
By Michael Georgy HAMDAYET, Sudan (Reuters) - The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing c...
Jan 22, 2021
Italy tells TikTok to block users after death of young girl
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian data privacy watchdog ordered video app TikTok on Friday to block the accounts of any users in Italy whose age it could not verify following the death of a 10-year-old gir...
Jan 22, 2021
New Brazil coronavirus variant found in nearly half of Amazon city cases
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A variant of the novel coronavirus already accounts for about half of new infections in the Brazilian Amazonian city of Manaus, raising concerns about a greater ...
Jan 22, 2021
Mexico’s president disputes rights concerns over trapped asylum seekers
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador brushed away concerns on Friday about the living conditions of thousands of asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under a U.S. pro...
Jan 22, 2021
White House to begin policy review on North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still has a vital interest in deterring North Korea and will begin a thorough policy review of the current situation, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki sai...
Jan 22, 2021
Congo lawmakers move to force out prime minister in victory for President
By Hereward Holland GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A majority in Democratic Republic of Congo's lower house of parliament filed a motion of no confidence in the prime minister on Frida...
Jan 22, 2021
U.S. and Mexican presidents scheduled to speak later on Friday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Joe Biden will speak later on Friday, Mexico's foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said. "The bilateral relationshi...
Jan 22, 2021
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny, on protest eve, says has no plans to commit suicide
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday he wanted it known that he had no plans to commit suicide in prison, as he issued a message of support to his fo...
Jan 22, 2021
