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India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch
By Rajendra Jadhav and Jatindra Dash SATARA/BHUBANESWAR (Reuters) - India's COVID-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win that is being used to coordin...
Jan 17, 2021
Gunmen kill two female Supreme Court judges in Afghanistan: police
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and ot...
Jan 17, 2021
Brazilian approval of Sputnik V vaccine delayed by missing data
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's health regulator is seeking further data on Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine before considering its approval for emergency use. Documents supporting drugmaker Uniao...
Jan 17, 2021
UK hopes to be able to consider lockdown easing in March: Raab
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government is hoping that it can meet its target for rolling out coronavirus vaccines and be able to consider easing lockdown restrictions by March. "What we want to do is...
Jan 17, 2021
Austria to extend third COVID-19 lockdown to Feb 8: APA
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria will extend its COVID-19 lockdown until Feb. 8, the APA news agency reported, citing sources familiar with negotiations between the federal and regional governments on Satur...
Jan 17, 2021
In wheelchair, paraplegic Lai Chi-wai climbs up skyscraper in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lai Chi-wai became the first in Hong Kong to climb more than 250 meters of a skyscraper while strapped into a wheelchair as he pulled himself up for more than 10 hours on Saturda...
Jan 17, 2021
In Tokyo’s lockdown, some drink on even after authorities call time
By Irene Wang and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - For Yuuki Hamazono, it was a relief to find bars and restaurants in Tokyo flouting the Japanese government's request to close by 8 p.m. The 30-year-...
Jan 16, 2021
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny due to fly back to Russia despite arrest threat
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due to fly back to Russia on Sunday for the first time since he was poisoned last summer, despite the authorities' stated desire to...
Jan 16, 2021
Quake death toll at 56 as Indonesia struggles with string of disasters
JAKARTA (Reuters) - At least 56 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia's West Sulawesi province on Friday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, the latest in a s...
Jan 16, 2021
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee on cusp of stepping out of father’s shadow
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - For years, legal troubles have cast a cloud over Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee as he stood on the cusp of stepping out of his father's shadow and making a...
Jan 16, 2021
