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Norway to offer 16- and 17-year-olds COVID-19 vaccine, government says
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will offer all 16- and 17-year-olds their first COVID-19 vaccine dose after those over 18 are fully vaccinated, the government said on Wednesday. Norway ended some restrictions...
Aug 18, 2021
UAE says Afghanistan's Ghani is in Gulf Arab state
DUBAI (Reuters) - Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf state's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after he left as Taliban fighters seized control. "The UAE Min...
Aug 18, 2021
Prove you have changed, France tells Taliban
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian tweeted on Wednesday that he had asked the Taliban to show through their behaviour that they have changed as they say. "It is up to them to...
Aug 18, 2021
Lithuania seeks tougher EU migration curbs to stem crossings from Belarus
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania, facing a surge of illegal border crossings from Belarus, said it would ask other European Union countries to approve tougher rules on migration at an EU...
Aug 18, 2021
Tennis-U.S. Open champion Thiem to miss rest of 2021 season with wrist injury
(Reuters) -Austria's Dominic Thiem will not defend his U.S. Open title after having to pull out of the hardcourt major with a wrist injury, the world number six said on Wednesday. Thiem, who suffered ...
Aug 18, 2021
UK's M&S takes Percy Pig and other products to over 150 countries
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer will sell 800 food products, including Percy Pig sweets and Luxury Gold Teabags, online to over 150 new countries after tying up with export platfor...
Aug 18, 2021
EU presidency condemns Belarus ahead of meeting on Baltic migrant crisis
(Reuters) - The Slovenian EU presidency criticized the government in Minsk ahead of a crisis meeting of the bloc's home affairs ministers on Wednesday that was called to discuss a surge of illegal bor...
Aug 18, 2021
Egyptian president invites Israel's Bennett for official visit - Israeli statement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Egypt's president invited Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday for an official visit in the next few weeks, a statement issued by Bennett's office said. "The invit...
Aug 18, 2021
Wolves Make Trade
(Minneapolis, MN) — The Minnesota Timberwolves acquired defensive stopper Patrick Beverley in a three-player deal yesterday. The Wolves get the 33-year old veteran in exchange for former ...
Aug 18, 2021
About 5,000 evacuated from Kabul in last 24 hours-Western official
KABUL (Reuters) - About 5,000 diplomats, security staff, aid workers and Afghans have been evacuated from the capital Kabul in the last 24 hours, a Western official told Reuters on Wednesday. The evac...
Aug 18, 2021
