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After the vaccine, Berlin care home residents hope for visitors and good health
By Alessia Cocca and Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Like most residents at her care home in Berlin, 43-year-old Kristina Lang agreed to receive the coronavirus vaccine when her turn came, but not w...
Jan 22, 2021
Spanish officials under fire for jumping vaccine queue as COVID-19 cases surge
By Nathan Allen and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - A steady drip-feed of public officials admitting to having been vaccinated ahead of priority groups has sparked uproar on social media in Spain at a ...
Jan 22, 2021
Iran’s Zarif urges Biden to act first in returning U.S. to nuclear deal
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran urged new U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday to "choose a better path" by returning to a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and global powers, but said the ...
Jan 22, 2021
Swiss court finds Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption
GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss criminal court found Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption on Friday and sentenced him to five years in jail, delivering a landmark verdict in one of the m...
Jan 22, 2021
Canada PM Trudeau said he talked to Pfizer CEO about COVID-19 vaccine shortage
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he had talked to Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla about shortages of the firm's COVID-19 vaccine and said the next few ...
Jan 22, 2021
UAE confirms it inked $23 billion deal to buy F-35 jets, drones from U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates confirmed that it signed agreements with the United States on former President Donald Trump's last full day in office to purchase up to 50 F-35 jets, 18...
Jan 22, 2021
Venezuela warned detained envoy not to cooperate with U.S., court filing shows
(Reuters) - Venezuela's foreign minister warned Alex Saab, a businessman close to President Nicolas Maduro who is facing extradition to the United States, not to cooperate with U.S. authorities, accor...
Jan 22, 2021
Turkey says Cyprus talks to be held with U.N., EU by early March
ANKARA (Reuters) - Talks over the divided island of Cyprus will be held in New York in the next two months with the participation of the United Nations, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said...
Jan 22, 2021
Russia says TikTok deletes some posts promoting illegal pro-Navalny protest
By Anton Zverev and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that TikTok had deleted some of what it called illegal posts promoting weekend protests aimed at securing the rele...
Jan 22, 2021
German CDU confirms Laschet as new leader in postal ballot
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats confirmed centrist Armin Laschet as their new party leader on Friday after a postal ballot, which was required to legally uphold his e...
Jan 22, 2021
