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UK’s Alok Sharma offers to resign as business minister to lead climate summit-The Times
(Reuters) - UK Business Minister Alok Sharma offered to resign from his ministerial position in order to take on a full-time role preparing for the country's chairmanship of United Nations COP26 clima...
Jan 01, 2021
‘Cheap trick’: China rebuffs latest Taiwan offer of talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has rebuffed the latest offer of talks from Taiwan, saying the government was engaging in a "cheap trick" and provocation by seeking confrontation with China at every turn. T...
Jan 01, 2021
Aviation deaths rise worldwide in 2020 even as fatal incidents, flights fall
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by more than 50%, a Dutch ...
Jan 01, 2021
France’s new coronavirus cases up 19,348 over 24 hours
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry reported 19,348 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Friday, slightly less than Thursday's 19,927 and well below Wednesday's more than one-...
Jan 01, 2021
Suddenly overwhelmed, Ireland says thousands of COVID-19 cases yet to be added to tally
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland said on Friday it had under-reported coronavirus cases in recent days by thousands more than previously known as its system came under strain, suggesting the EU's fastest gr...
Jan 01, 2021
UK to close all London primary schools as coronavirus cases surge
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has decided to close all primary schools in London for the next two weeks to counter the rapid spread of a more infectious variant of the COVID-19 virus, the ...
Jan 01, 2021
U.S. State Department bans business with Cuban bank BFI
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday added a Cuban commercial bank to its restricted list, saying it will prevent the Cuban military from benefiting from financial transactions. ...
Jan 01, 2021
Iran has told IAEA it plans to enrich uranium to 20%, Russian envoy says
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it intends to enrich uranium to up to 20% purity, a level it achieved before its 2015 deal with major powers and higher than the 4.5% it has ...
Jan 01, 2021
UK reactivates emergency hospitals as coronavirus cases surge
By Reuters Staff LONDON (Reuters) - British health officials have reactivated emergency hospitals that were built at the start of the pandemic to handle a surge in COVID-19 cases that is putting exist...
Jan 01, 2021
Rescuers find body after landslide in Norway
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Rescuers found one body on Friday, two days after a landslide in southern Norway swept away at least nine buildings, police said, with nine people still missing. Ano...
Jan 01, 2021
