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Mexico to get 400,000-500,000 Pfizer vaccines a week into March, president says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will receive an average of around 400,000 to 500,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines a week until March, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. Lopez Obr...
Jan 08, 2021
Nine killed in armed attack on wake in central Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen burst into a wake in the central Mexican city of Celaya late on Thursday and shot dead nine people, authorities said, one of the worst outbreaks of violence...
Jan 08, 2021
Italy’s Lombardy health chief leaves office after COVID-19 criticism
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) - The health chief in Italy's wealthy Lombardy region, one of the areas of the world hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, left office on Friday after months of cr...
Jan 08, 2021
Indian government, farmers fail to break deadlock over new agriculture laws
By Nigam Prusty and Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday and...
Jan 08, 2021
Canada could well see an election this year, PM Trudeau says for first time
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said for the first time on Friday there could well be an election this year, indicating his government is preparing for a vote he insists he d...
Jan 08, 2021
Almost 2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray: U.N. report
(Reuters) - Fighting is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people, or nearly half of the population, need aid, a U.N. report said. The report, ...
Jan 08, 2021
London Mayor declares major incident over COVID hospital pressure
LONDON (Reuters) - Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a major incident in the British capital on Friday, saying hospitals in the British capital could be overwhelmed if people do not stay at home. "T...
Jan 08, 2021
Power struggle leaves U.N. rights body without leader
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia and China are opposed to a candidate from Fiji seen as a staunch human rights defender to lead the top U.N. rights body, diplomats and observers say, creating a...
Jan 08, 2021
EU gives go ahead to extract more shots from each Pfizer vaccine vial
(Reuters) - Europe's medicines regulator gave the go ahead on Friday for an extra sixth dose to be extracted from Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials, increasing the number of available shots at a ...
Jan 08, 2021
‘Never again’ says Ukraine as families mourn Iran plane crash victims
By Ilya Zhegulev KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine called on Iran to deliver justice and pay full compensation to the families of those who died when a Ukrainian airliner was shot down by Iranian Revolutionary...
Jan 08, 2021
