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South Korean-flagged tanker seized by Iran, media reports
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) -A South Korean-flagged tanker has been seized by Iran, Iranian media said on Monday. Iranian media said the vessel had been seized by the country's elite Revolutionary Guards n...
Jan 04, 2021
UK judge rules WikiLeaks’ Assange should not be extradited to United States
LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face charges of breaking a spying law and conspiring to hack ...
Jan 04, 2021
Iran says it resumes 20% uranium enrichment at Fordow site – Mehr
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow nuclear facility, the government spokesman told the semi-official Mehr news agency on Monday, a level of purity that ...
Jan 04, 2021
Cambodia reopens schools and museums as others lock down
By Chanta Lach PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia has started reopening schools and museums as it relaxes a six-week lockdown following a coronavirus outbreak late last year, marking a contrast with some...
Jan 04, 2021
Indonesia says to start COVID-19 vaccinations programme next week
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's mass vaccination programme is set to start next week, a senior minister said on Monday, pending authorisation from the country's food and drug agency (BPOM), as about 7...
Jan 04, 2021
French adviser says COVID rate still too high to ease restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - France's coronavirus infection rate is still too high for the government to ease social and economic restrictions, epidemiologist and government scientific adviser Arnaud Fontanet to...
Jan 04, 2021
Singapore will consider relaxing curbs for vaccinated travellers -govt official
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will consider relaxing travel restrictions for people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the co-head of the government's virus taskforce said on Monday. The Sou...
Jan 04, 2021
Israel’s defence minister favours buying one more F-35 squadron for now
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday that he wants the country to buy a third squadron of stealth F-35 warplanes from the United States for now while earmarking fu...
Jan 04, 2021
French regulator expects Moderna COVID vaccine to arrive this week
PARIS (Reuters) - Consignments of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine should arrive in France this week, Dominique Le Guludec, head of France's medical regulator, said on Monday. "I think that the Moderna v...
Jan 04, 2021
Greek PM to reshuffle cabinet
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to reshuffle his cabinet on Monday. His office said that announcements on the cabinet's composition will be made at 1200 (1000 G...
Jan 04, 2021
