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Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid
July 2, 2021
Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid
SEOUL/SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) – The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week, with…
Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe
July 2, 2021
Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe
BEIJING (AP) — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how…
Collapse survivors escaped with their lives, but little else
July 2, 2021
Collapse survivors escaped with their lives, but little else
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Susana Alvarez fled her home on the 10th floor of Champlain Towers South, escaping with her…
Rising Delta virus, absent Brits dampen Europe’s tourism hopes
July 1, 2021
Rising Delta virus, absent Brits dampen Europe’s tourism hopes
LISBON/LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) – While not a complete wash-out, the summer tourism season vital to southern Europe’s economies will…
Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned
July 1, 2021
Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in…
Foreign countries that ‘bully’ China will meet a ‘great wall of steel,’ says Xi during Communist Party centenary
July 1, 2021
Foreign countries that ‘bully’ China will meet a ‘great wall of steel,’ says Xi during Communist Party centenary
China’s rise is a “historical inevitability” and it will no longer be “bullied, oppressed or subjugated” by foreign countries, its…
Trump Organization CFO expected in court after indictment
July 1, 2021
Trump Organization CFO expected in court after indictment
New York prosecutors are expected to announce the first criminal indictment Thursday in a two-year investigation into Donald Trump’s business…
Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, people ‘falling like leaves’
June 30, 2021
Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, people ‘falling like leaves’
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents…
Putin says US and UK were behind Black Sea ‘provocation’
June 30, 2021
Putin says US and UK were behind Black Sea ‘provocation’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that an incident involving a British destroyer in the Black Sea…
North Korea’s Kim says ‘great crisis’ caused by pandemic lapse
June 30, 2021
North Korea’s Kim says ‘great crisis’ caused by pandemic lapse
SEOUL, June 30 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the failure to implement measures to tackle the…