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Slovakia starts vaccinations against COVID-19
NITRA, Slovakia (Reuters) - Slovakia on Saturday started to vaccinate its population against the coronavirus as the country joined a coordinated push by the European Union against the global pandemic....
Dec 26, 2020
Uganda halts vote campaigning in some areas, opposition cries foul
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda suspended all campaigning for January's presidential poll in the capital and 10 populous districts on Saturday, citing coronavirus risks, but critics said the real reason wa...
Dec 26, 2020
At least eight climbers killed in Iran, more missing after heavy snowfall
DUBAI (Reuters) -At least eight climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran's capital Tehran after heavy snowfall and a blizzard, state television reported on Saturday. ...
Dec 26, 2020
UK records 210 more COVID-19 deaths, cases rise to 34,693
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 210 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, down from 570 the day before, while cases rose 1,968 to 34,693, the government said, citing partial data. The latest R n...
Dec 26, 2020
Indian farmers agree to meet government over contentious farm laws
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Leaders of Indian farmers' unions have agreed to meet ministers on Tuesday, possibly paving the way for a seventh round of talks with the government which has ...
Dec 26, 2020
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up t...
Dec 26, 2020
British coronavirus variant found in traveller to Sweden – health agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The new variant of the coronavirus circulating in Britain has been detected in Sweden after a traveller from Britain fell ill on arrival and tested positive for it, the Swedish H...
Dec 26, 2020
U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden’s wife shares photos of their new son
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden's wife has given birth to a son, photographs posted on her social media page on Saturday showed. "Happy Holidays from our newly expanded family," L...
Dec 26, 2020
U.N. peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before election
By Antoine Rolland BANGUI (Reuters) - Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed in Central African Republic, the U.N. mission there said on Saturday, as the government and its allies tried to fend...
Dec 26, 2020
George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98
By Timothy Heritage and Polina Ivanova LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet...
Dec 26, 2020
