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Ginza shoppers clean hands, phones with high-tech wash stations

Ginza shoppers clean hands, phones with high-tech wash stations

TOKYO (Reuters) – Shoppers washed their hands and sterilised their smartphones in the streets of Tokyo’s posh Ginza district on…
EXPLAINER: Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?

EXPLAINER: Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?

Reports from Britain and South Africa of new coronavirus strains that seem to spread more easily are causing alarm, but…
Biden’s team vows action against hack as US threats persist

Biden’s team vows action against hack as US threats persist

WASHINGTON (AP) — Once in office, President-elect Joe Biden will punish Russia for its suspected cyberespionage operation against the United…
More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant

More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant

BERLIN (AP) — A growing list of European Union nations and Canada barred travel from the UK on Sunday and…
Pandemic exposes the vulnerability of Italy’s ‘new poor’

Pandemic exposes the vulnerability of Italy’s ‘new poor’

MILAN (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic did not produce Elena Simone’s first budgetary rough patch. The 49-year-old single mother found…
2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) — Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the US,…
Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variant

Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variant

THE HAGUE (AP) — The Netherlands is banning flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year…
Biden introduces his climate team, says ‘no time to waste’

Biden introduces his climate team, says ‘no time to waste’

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Just as the United States has needed a unified, national response to COVID-19, it needs one…
Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign

Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that China…
Pompeo says Russia ‘pretty clearly’ behind cyberattack on US

Pompeo says Russia ‘pretty clearly’ behind cyberattack on US

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Russia was “pretty clearly” behind the gravest cyberattack against the United States on record,…
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