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Freezing Madrid braces for heaviest snowfall in decades
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's capital Madrid and much of the neighbouring region of Castilla-La Mancha were on high alert on Friday for what meteorologists expect to be the heaviest snowfall in decades, ...
Jan 08, 2021
Malaysia PM to announce new COVID-19 measures as deaths hit daily record
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will announce new measures next week to curb a surge in coronavirus cases, a senior minister said on Friday, as the country reported ...
Jan 08, 2021
Greece extends international travel restrictions to January 21, toughens quarantine
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has extended restrictions on international flights by two weeks to help rein in the spread of COVID-19, its civil aviation authority said on Friday. The requirement that all ...
Jan 08, 2021
Cyprus goes into new lockdown from January 10 as COVID surges
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus will introduce a new lockdown to quell rising COVID-19 infections from Jan. 10, its health minister said on Friday, the country's second since the start of the pandemic. Ret...
Jan 08, 2021
Traditional Japanese bars stagger under blow of second coronavirus emergency
By Akira Tomoshige Akiko Okamoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Yusuke Aoi has seen earnings at his traditional Tokyo bar plunge since the coronavirus pandemic began last year - and fears the area's second state o...
Jan 08, 2021
Erdogan says Gulf rapprochement ‘very beneficial’ for region
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hailed a breakthrough between Guld Arab states and Qatar earlier this week, saying the move to restore ties and lift restrictions was "ver...
Jan 08, 2021
EU leaders set for video summit to discuss COVID-19 on January 21
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders are set to meet online on January 21 to discuss the bloc's efforts to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, the spokesman of the chair of EU summits said on Friday. The spokes...
Jan 08, 2021
Denmark developing digital COVID-19 ‘vaccine passport’
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark is developing a digital "vaccine passport" for people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, a move that may enable them to travel to countries where such documentation i...
Jan 08, 2021
Major French city of Strasbourg to have 6 pm COVID curfew: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - The eastern French city of Strasbourg, home to one of the European Union parliament buildings, will have a 6 p.m. (1700 GMT) evening curfew imposed on it from Sunday onwards, as part...
Jan 08, 2021
Swedish parliament grants government wider shutdown powers
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that gives the government the temporary power to shut shopping centres and public transport and to fine people who break social distanci...
Jan 08, 2021
