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Azerbaijan to start COVID-19 inoculations with 4 million Sinovac shots
BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan will begin vaccinating citizens against COVID-19 on Monday, using a batch of 4 million doses from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, the health ministry said on Saturday. "Medica...
Jan 16, 2021
Ukraine considers resuming An-74 light cargo plane production
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine is considering resuming production of the Antonov-74 air cargo plane and supplying them to the country's armed forces, the government said on Saturday. The Soviet-designed An-...
Jan 16, 2021
Hong Kong government ‘strongly’ objects to U.S. congressional report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government said it "strongly" objects to a U.S. congressional report critical of Beijing's handling of the city, calling the report "biased, politically motivated a...
Jan 16, 2021
Uganda’s Museveni in commanding election lead, rival alleges fraud
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's long-time leader Yoweri Museveni held a commanding lead in a presidential election according to partial results on Saturday morning, with final results expected later in t...
Jan 16, 2021
Myanmar police scuffle with nationalist monk’s followers
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar police scuffled on Saturday with dozens of followers of Buddhist nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu at a demonstration calling for him to be put on trial more than two months af...
Jan 16, 2021
Some 6,500 Honduran migrants in caravans traveling north to Guatemala, officials estimate
By Gustavo Palencia and Lizbeth Diaz TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Small skirmishes broke out between Honduran security forces and migrants trying to cross the border into Guatemala on Friday night, with Gu...
Jan 16, 2021
Aftershock rocks Indonesia quake zone as search continues
By Tabita Diela and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - An aftershock hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Saturday as rescue workers searched for people trapped under rubble after an earthquake killed...
Jan 15, 2021
Australia records single locally transmitted coronavirus case
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia recorded one locally transmitted coronavirus case overnight, health officials said on Saturday, as states began to relax travel bans on signs an outbreak in the norther...
Jan 15, 2021
Two U.S. military bases in South Korea shelter in place as coronavirus curbs extended nationwide
SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. Forces in Korea (USFK) said on Saturday it has imposed a shelter-in-place order on two of its largest bases - U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan and Camp Humphreys - until Tuesday a...
Jan 15, 2021
India kicks off ‘world’s largest’ vaccination campaign
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the "world's largest" vaccination campaign on Saturday as the populous nation tries to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control s...
Jan 15, 2021
