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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he was right to question Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he was right to criticize the credibility of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech that posted disappointin...
Jan 13, 2021
Italy’s government close to collapse ahead of Renzi news conference
By Gavin Jones and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government was hanging by a thread on Wednesday ahead of a news conference by former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who has threatened to pull hi...
Jan 13, 2021
Dubai partner ‘very happy’ with Trump Org despite Capitol chaos
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Donald Trump's business partner in Dubai on Wednesday said he was interested in expanding their commercial relationship despite the storming of the U.S. Capitol...
Jan 13, 2021
Darfur displaced fearful as UN peacekeepers hand over to local forces
By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz CAIRO/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Ahlam Hamid fled from her home in Sudan's Darfur region 17 years ago when government troops and militiamen, some on horseback, raided ...
Jan 13, 2021
Swiss boost coronavirus restrictions, shy away from full lockdown
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland announced tighter measures on Wednesday to tackle new variants of the COVID-19 virus spreading across the country but fell short of implementing the full lockdown impose...
Jan 13, 2021
Ireland apologises for ‘profound failure’ at Mother and Baby homes
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Michel Martin formally apologised on Wednesday for the state's "profound failure" in its treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies in a network of Catholi...
Jan 13, 2021
Religious order apologises for mass grave at Irish Mother and Baby home
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The religious order that ran a care home for unmarried mothers in the Irish town of Tuam where the remains of hundreds of infants were found in a mass grave has apologised for the t...
Jan 13, 2021
Romanian president approves corruption investigation against former PM
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis approved on Wednesday a request from anti-corruption prosecutors to allow a criminal investigation against former prime minister and senate spea...
Jan 13, 2021
Gulf of Guinea pirate kidnappings hit record in 2020
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Kidnappings by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea hit a record in 2020, with well-armed and violent gangs defying regional navies and marauding further out to sea, a repor...
Jan 13, 2021
Soaring COVID-19 cases in Spain prompt more regions to toughen response
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish regions of Galicia, La Rioja and Cantabria became the latest to tighten coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday amid a spiralling national infection rate that officials ha...
Jan 13, 2021
