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COVID drives Dutch death rate up to highest level since WWII
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of deaths in the Netherlands increased at the highest rate since World War Two this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Dutch national statistics office (CBS) sa...
Dec 29, 2020
Russia jails former energy executive for 15 years for spying for Moldova – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sentenced a former board member of state energy holding company Inter RAO to 15 years in jail on Tuesday after finding her guilty of spying for Moldova at a trial held behind...
Dec 29, 2020
Russia, working with U.S., seizes cocaine, arrests traffickers, says Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had worked with U.S. authorities to seize large quantities of cocaine and break up an international drug smuggling ring. I...
Dec 29, 2020
Main hurdle in UK-Spain talks over Gibraltar is cross-border traffic
MADRID (Reuters) - The main hurdle in talks between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar's post-Brexit status is keeping cross-border traffic fluid, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on ...
Dec 29, 2020
EU’s Barnier says Brexit trade deal brings stability
PARIS (Reuters) - European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday the trade deal struck with Britain was a relief and provided stability for people and companies. "We've delivered an o...
Dec 29, 2020
Philippines expands travel ban to limit spread of coronavirus variant
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will ban travellers from 19 countries and territories until mid-January as a measure to keep out a new variant of the coronavirus, its transport ministry said on Tue...
Dec 29, 2020
India reports six cases of new UK variant of coronavirus
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian health authorities said on Tuesday they had found six people who had returned from Britain in recent weeks positive for the new more infectious strain of the coronavirus. ...
Dec 28, 2020
Bangladesh moves second group of Rohingya refugees to remote island
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, a naval official told Reuters, despite opposition from righ...
Dec 28, 2020
U.S. Forces Japan begins first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States military has begun its first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations in Japan, prioritising frontline medical workers. Inoculations began on Monday at the Yokota Air Base, Lt...
Dec 28, 2020
Sydney on alert after mystery cases but new infections remain low
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) maintained its downward trend of new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday but authorities asked people to be on "high alert" after...
Dec 28, 2020
