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Chinese rescuers hope to drill shaft to bring trapped miners out
By Emily Chow QIXIA, China (Reuters) - Rescuers in China were drilling new shafts on Thursday to reach miners trapped underground for 11 days following an explosion, including one they hope to use to ...
Jan 20, 2021
Biden administration calls China sanctions on Trump officials ‘unproductive and cynical’
(Reuters) - China's move to sanction former Trump administration officials was "unproductive and cynical", a spokeswoman for President Joe Biden's National Security Council said on Wednesday, urging A...
Jan 20, 2021
Nepal to turn Everest trash into art to highlight mountain’s garbage blight
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Trash collected from Mount Everest is set to be transformed into art and displayed in a nearby gallery, to highlight the need to save the world's tallest mountain...
Jan 20, 2021
Twitter says locked account of China’s U.S. embassy for Xinjiang-related tweet
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Twitter has locked the account of China's U.S. embassy for a tweet that defended China's policies in the Xinjiang region, which the U.S. social media platform said violated the fi...
Jan 20, 2021
Portugal minister says UK COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly across country
By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - The more contagious variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is spreading rapidly across Portugal, pressuring the health service at a...
Jan 20, 2021
White House says Biden will be discussing Iran with foreign partners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States seeks to lengthen and strengthen the nuclear constraints on Iran and the issue will be part of President Joe Biden's early consultations with foreign counterpa...
Jan 20, 2021
Taiwan heartened as senior diplomat attends Biden inauguration
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's de facto ambassador in Washington attended the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, hearting the Chinese-claimed island which has been nervous it would not win the sam...
Jan 20, 2021
British to face ban on entering EU under German plan to shut borders: The Times
(Reuters) - European governments would be allowed to ban all UK residents from entering their countries and cut all passenger transport links with Britain under a German proposal to the European Union...
Jan 20, 2021
UK researchers say lateral flow tests detect the most infectious COVID cases
LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid lateral flow tests will likely identify the most infectious COVID-19 cases with higher viral loads despite concerns over the overall sensitivity of the tests, Oxford Universit...
Jan 20, 2021
‘No evidence of decline’ in COVID-19 rates in England’s third lockdown
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A third pandemic lockdown appears to be having little impact on rates of COVID-19 in England, researchers warned on Thursday, with prevalence of the disease "very hi...
Jan 20, 2021
