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Brazil’s vice president taking antimalarial drug for COVID-19
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao is taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as part of an unproven treatment after contracting the novel coronavirus, his office sa...
Dec 28, 2020
After property scandal, Pope tightens money controls
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has issued a new decree making charity funds more transparent and tightening controls on Vatican finances after a scandal over a luxury London ...
Dec 28, 2020
“Impossible situation”: British skiers flee Swiss quarantine, destination unknown
ZURICH (Reuters) - Hundreds of Britons have fled quarantine in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier, with the country's health minister attributing the exodus to an "impossible situation" where authorities...
Dec 28, 2020
Russia finds conscript who alleged hazing guilty of fatal shooting spree
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Monday found a conscript guilty of murdering eight people at his base last year, but said his prison term for the spree, which he alleged was triggered by bullyin...
Dec 28, 2020
Russia to test new COVID-19 antibody drug in new year
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will begin trials of an antibody treatment for COVID-19 patients next year, the head of the Moscow institute that developed the country's first vaccine against the new diseas...
Dec 28, 2020
Drive-through ballots – Israel’s solution to voting in a pandemic
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israelis who are sick with COVID-19 will be able to cast their ballots at drive-through polling stations that authorities hope will ensure a smooth election in March while minimi...
Dec 28, 2020
Some German districts will not use vaccine on cold chain issues
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Some German districts will not use the COVID-19 vaccine received over the weekend on the suspicion that the cold chain could have been interrupted during its delivery, a district...
Dec 28, 2020
Lebanon secures COVID-19 vaccines for 20% of its citizens – health minister
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon has secured about 2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, which will cover 20% of the country's nationals, the health minister said on Monday. Hamad Hassan to...
Dec 28, 2020
Russia expels Bulgarian diplomat in tit-for-tat move
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry on Monday expelled a Bulgarian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move after the expulsion of a Russian diplomat by Sofia. The ministry said in a statement it had s...
Dec 28, 2020
Ukrainian Constitutional Court head investigated for suspected witness tampering
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian prosecutors said on Monday they are investigating the head of the Constitutional Court, Oleksandr Tupytskyi, in connection with the suspected bribery of a witness, and calle...
Dec 28, 2020
