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Scarce doses and empty vaccination centres: Germany’s vaccine rollout headache
By Caroline Copley and Annkathrin Weis BERLIN/DILLENBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Proud of their national reputation for efficiency, Germans are growing increasingly frustrated by the slow rollout of a CO...
Jan 10, 2021
Belgium’s coronavirus deaths hit 20,000, still among world’s highest per capita
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's death toll from coronavirus infections, one of the highest per capita in the world, has breached the 20,000 mark, according to official data published on ...
Jan 10, 2021
Pope urges U.S. to shun violence, protect democracy after mob attack
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged Americans on Sunday to shun violence, seek reconciliation and "protect democratic values" following the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol building by supporter...
Jan 10, 2021
Lukashenko says Belarus to draw up constitutional reform by end of 2021 – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Embattled Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said constitutional reforms would be drawn up by the end of the year and then put to a national referendum, RIA news agency repor...
Jan 10, 2021
Austrian labour minister quits over plagiarism allegations
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria's Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher has resigned after allegations that she plagiarised some of her university work, but denied any wrongdoing and said she was stepping d...
Jan 10, 2021
German parliament boosts security after U.S. Capitol riots: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) - Security has been stepped up at Germany's Bundestag (lower house of parliament) after the storming of the Capitol in Washington by rioters last week, Bundestag President Wolfgang Sc...
Jan 10, 2021
COVID 19: UK has vaccinated around 2 million people – Health Secretary Hancock
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has now given around 2 million people a COVID-19 vaccination, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday ahead of a ramp-up in the roll-out of the shots on Monday. "Over t...
Jan 10, 2021
New coronavirus variant found in travelers from Brazil: Japan government
TOKYO (Reuters) - A new coronavirus variant has been found from four travelers from Brazil, the Japanese Health Ministry said on Sunday. It is different from the variants first found in Britain or Sou...
Jan 10, 2021
Spain sends out vaccine, food convoys after snowstorm paralyses roads
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government will send convoys carrying the COVID-19 vaccine and food supplies on Sunday to areas cut off by Storm Filomena which brought the heaviest snowfall in decades ...
Jan 10, 2021
Sriwijaya Air crash places Indonesia’s aviation safety under fresh spotlight
By Jamie Freed and Stanley Widianto SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's chequered air safety record is again in the spotlight after a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea ...
Jan 10, 2021
