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EU leaders convene amid vaccine delays, virus variant fears
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will on Thursday seek to address the coronavirus pandemic's mounting challenges, from containing more infectious variants to the threat...
Jan 20, 2021
U.N. aid coordinator halts Venezuela cash transfer programs, sources say
CARACAS (Reuters) - The United Nations Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs has halted programs in Venezuela that provide cash transfers to the poor via local nonprofit organizations, acco...
Jan 20, 2021
Prosecutors accuse Bermuda’s ex-premier Brown of graft, pocketing millions
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Bermuda charged former Premier Ewart Brown with participating in a wide-ranging corruption scheme on Wednesday, accusing the ex-leader of pocketing million...
Jan 20, 2021
Massive iceberg continues losing mass as it swirls around South Georgia island
By Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) - A massive Antarctic iceberg that last month threatened a penguin-populated island off the southern tip of South America has since lost much of its mass and broken int...
Jan 20, 2021
Mexico’s president singles out Twitter employee for past opposition party work
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador singled out a local employee of Twitter on Wednesday and appeared to suggest his former connections to an opposition party could ...
Jan 20, 2021
Police discover first cannabis farm in London financial district
LONDON (Reuters) - The first cannabis farm has been found in London's historic financial district, where office buildings have been emptied because of lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19, Brit...
Jan 20, 2021
Spanish regional health chief resigns after jumping vaccine queue
MADRID (Reuters) - The top health official in the Spanish region of Murcia resigned on Wednesday after admitting he had received a coronavirus vaccine despite not belonging to any priority group desig...
Jan 20, 2021
New COVID-19 variant defeats plasma treatment, may reduce vaccine efficacy
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The new COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa can evade the antibodies that attack it in treatments using blood plasma from previously recovered patients, and may reduce...
Jan 20, 2021
China sanctions Pompeo and other Trump administration officials
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has imposed sanctions on 28 U.S. indivduals including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over "crazy actions that have gravely interfered in China's internal affairs", its...
Jan 20, 2021
Canada’s PM Trudeau congratulates Biden, looks to fighting COVID-19, climate change together
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday congratulated U.S. President Joe Biden after he was inaugurated, saying he looked forward to working with the new president to fi...
Jan 20, 2021
