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Canada budget deficit swells to C$268 billion over first 10 months of 2020/21
OTTAWA - Canada's budget deficit from April to January widened to C$268.18 billion ($213.35 billion) from a deficit of C$10.56 billion in the year-ago period, on massive COVID-19 pandemic aid spending...
Mar 26, 2021
Italy's Draghi looks to reopen schools, says vaccines only way out of COVID-19 crisis
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government will let younger students return to school next month, even if they are in coronavirus hotspots, but a broader relaxation of curbs will depen...
Mar 26, 2021
Japan looking to halve number of official travellers to Games: Kyodo
(Reuters) - Japan's government will begin talks soon on potentially halving the number of official travellers to the country for this year's Olympics to around 30,000 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyodo...
Mar 26, 2021
Czech parliament extends government's extra powers as COVID-19 slowly recedes
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech parliament on Friday extended a state of emergency giving the government extra powers to fight the COVID-19 epidemic until April 11. The cabinet hopes that will be enough ...
Mar 26, 2021
Ohio professor who rejected transgender pronouns can sue university: U.S. appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday revived a philosophy professor's lawsuit against a public university in southern Ohio that reprimanded him for refusing to address a t...
Mar 26, 2021
U.S. administers nearly 137 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 136,684,688 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 177,501,775 doses in the country as of Friday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Mar 26, 2021
Sudan eligible for assistance under the enhanced heavily indebted poor countries initiative: IMF, World Bank
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank said on Friday in a joint statement they consider Sudan eligible for assistance under the enhanced heavily indebted poor countri...
Mar 26, 2021
Pakistani judge orders blasphemy probe against organisers of Women's Day march
By Umar Farooq and Jibran Ahmed ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A judge in the Pakistani city of Peshawar ordered police on Friday to open an investigation into the organisers of a march mark...
Mar 26, 2021
Novo Banco CEO expects brighter future after deeper 2020 loss
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Losses at Portugal's Novo Banco, which was carved out of the collapsed Banco Espirito Santo, widened 25% in 2020 to 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) after provis...
Mar 26, 2021
Lufthansa budges in flight tussle with Condor
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carrier Lufthansa is reconsidering its decision to cancel an agreement that allows passengers of smaller rival Condor to use Lufthansa feeder flights as part of their jour...
Mar 26, 2021
