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Exclusive-Russia ships only first part of COVID-19 vaccine to Argentina -sources
By Polina Nikolskaya and Polina Ivanova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's first big international shipment of its coronavirus vaccine -- 300,000 doses sent to Argentina last week -- consisted only of the fi...
Dec 28, 2020
Finnish parliament says some lawmakers’ emails hacked
(Reuters) - Email accounts belonging to some Finnish lawmakers were compromised during a cyberattack on parliament, the authorities said on Monday. Neither the speaker of parliament nor the National B...
Dec 28, 2020
Sweden government to get wider shutdown powers under proposed pandemic law
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish government will have the power to close shopping centres and public transport from Jan. 10 and fine people who break the rules,under a new law proposed on Monday to h...
Dec 28, 2020
India’s Serum Institute expects approval for AstraZeneca vaccine in days
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Serum Institute of India, the local maker of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, said on Monday it expected the government to approve the shot for emergency use in a few ...
Dec 28, 2020
India tests vaccine delivery systems ahead of emergency approval
By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Some Indian states on Monday began a trial run of COVID-19 vaccine delivery systems, with health authorities checking everything from their technology plat...
Dec 28, 2020
Saudi court hands prison sentence to women’s rights activist – local media
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison, local media reported, in a trial that has drawn inte...
Dec 28, 2020
Piecemeal data releases threaten to undermine Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Fragmental releases of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac could undermine confidence in the shot, experts warned, as several countries pr...
Dec 28, 2020
Philippines troops, ministers get COVID-19 vaccine before approval
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Some Philippine soldiers and cabinet ministers have already received COVID-19 vaccine injections, officials said on Monday, despite an absence ...
Dec 28, 2020
Body of crew member of capsized Iranian vessel found in Gulf – news agency
(Reuters) - The body of one of seven missing crew members of a capsized Iranian transport vessel was found in the Gulf waters on Monday, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. The agency quoted ...
Dec 28, 2020
Indonesia bans international visitors for 2 weeks over new virus strain
JAKARTA (Reuters) - International visitors will be barred from entering Indonesia for a two-week period in a bid to stem the spread of a new potentially more contagious strain of the coronavirus, its ...
Dec 28, 2020
