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Mexico, nearing 500,000 coronavirus cases, to help with vaccine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico, on the cusp of half a million official coronavirus cases and 55,000 deaths as the pandemic rages across Latin America, will help produce a vaccine that could be distrib...
Aug 13, 2020
New Zealand to announce decision on coronavirus lockdown extension
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to announce on Friday whether a lockdown in the country's biggest city will be eased or extended, as officials ...
Aug 13, 2020
Governor of Venezuela’s capital district, key Maduro ally, dies of COVID-19
CARACAS (Reuters) - Dario Vivas, the governor of Venezuela's Caracas capital district and strong ally of President Nicolas Maduro, died on Thursday of COVID-19 at 70 years old, officials said. Vivas, ...
Aug 13, 2020
Trump says arrest of Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai ‘a terrible thing’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai this week under China's new national security law. "I think it's a terrible thi...
Aug 13, 2020
Ontario to ‘unlock’ C$500 million for school distancing, ventilation
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Ontario will allow its school boards to dip into reserve funds to ensure physical distancing in classrooms and will also provide money for ventilation upgrades ahead of the new term...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. seizes Iranian fuel cargoes for first time: WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. government has for the first time seized vessels allegedly loaded with Iranian fuel in violation of sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, the Wall Street Journal reported...
Aug 13, 2020
U.N. Security Council starts Iran arms embargo vote, result Friday
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council started voting on Thursday on a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran, which is opposed by veto-powers Russia and Chin...
Aug 13, 2020
Brazil death toll from COVID-19 passes 105,000
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 60,091 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,261 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday. Brazil ...
Aug 13, 2020
Chinese cities find coronavirus in frozen food imports, WHO downplays infection risk
By Roxanne Liu, David Stanway and Jake Spring BEIJING/SHANGHAI/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food, local authorities s...
Aug 13, 2020
England resumes lockdown easing but stiffens punishment on rule breaches
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the reopening of the economy in England to resume, saying a rise in infections that prompted caution two weeks ago had now levelled off, but war...
Aug 13, 2020
