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World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic
By Gerhard Mey and Ben Makori DOVER, England (Reuters) - More countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, ca...
Dec 21, 2020
Ahead of Taiwan protests, U.S. says pork ‘needlessly politicised’
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A heated debate in Taiwan about U.S. pork imports has been "needlessly politicised" as all U.S. food exports are safe, Washington's de-facto embassy in Taipei said on Monday, ahead ...
Dec 21, 2020
France’s Macron still displays COVID-19 symptoms -govt spokesman
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron was still displaying some coronavirus symptoms but his overall condition was stable, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told reporters on Monday. Mac...
Dec 21, 2020
Inside J&J’s Latam COVID vaccine trial, a rush to recruit is followed by disappointment
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Earlier this month, Johnson & Johnson abruptly called for an end to enrollment in its coronavirus vaccine trial and told scientists from six Latin American countr...
Dec 21, 2020
Thai youth party fails to make gains in local poll
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - The political successor of a banned party in Thailand that had strong support from young Thais failed to make inroads in weekend provincial elections that w...
Dec 21, 2020
Indian farmers vow to carry on protests despite cold, deaths
By Danish Siddiqui and Sunil Kataria NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Indian farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to carry on their...
Dec 21, 2020
Turkish court sentences former pro-Kurdish MP to 22 years in jail
ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a former pro-Kurdish lawmaker who was stripped of her parliamentary status earlier this year to more than 22 years in jail on three separate terr...
Dec 21, 2020
Germany to Iran: Don’t waste chance for rapprochement with U.S
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday urged Iran not to waste the opportunity offered by the prospect of Joseph Biden's United States administration returning to the nuclear ...
Dec 21, 2020
‘It’s now or never’ – Britons scramble for residency in Spain and Portugal ahead of Brexit
By Victoria Waldersee and Isla Binnie LISBON/MADRID (Reuters) - In October, Michelle Jones and her husband Gary boarded a ferry in England for a new life in Spain. Had they left it beyond Britain's pe...
Dec 21, 2020
Turkish VP abruptly halts speech; staff request medical attention
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay paused during a speech and appeared to slur his words on Monday, prompting a staffer to attend to him on stage and ask others for a doctor, accordi...
Dec 21, 2020
