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Ukraine gas pipeline explodes, no casualties, transit unaffected
KYIV (Reuters) - Part of a gas pipeline exploded in central Ukraine on Saturday but there were no casualties or injuries and gas transit to Europe was not affected, officials said. The accident occurr...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Twenty-one people have tested positive for UK variant of COVID in Marseille
PARIS (Reuters) - Twenty-one people in the southern French city of Marseille have tested positive for the new variant of COVID initially found in England, the Marseille police department said on Satur...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Italy reports 483 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, 19,978 new cases
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 483 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, down from 620 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 19,978 from 17,533....
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
UK records 1,035 new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 1,035 new deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, down from Friday's record toll of 1,325. It marked the fourth consecutive daily toll - defined as deaths within 28 days ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
One dead after fire hits Mexican capital's subway headquarters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A fire struck Mexico City's downtown subway headquarters early on Saturday, officials said, as smoke billowed out of the multi-story building roof, causing at least one death a...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Stricter COVID-19 curfew imposed on French city of Marseille
PARIS (Reuters) - A stricter evening curfew will be imposed on the major southern French city of Marseille as part of government measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, BFM TV and France 3 ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Iraq calls U.S. blacklisting of militia leader 'unacceptable'
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq denounced on Saturday as "unacceptable" a U.S. decision to blacklist the leader of a state umbrella group for mainly Iran-backed Shi'ite militia. Washington imposed sanctions ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Queen Elizabeth and husband receive COVID vaccines: palace
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband Philip have received vaccinations against COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. "The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have today rec...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Slain Pakistani miners buried after protest
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani mourners buried on Saturday the bodies of 11 slain coalminers that had been put on a highway in the city of Quetta for six days in an anti-gover...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
Cuba to collaborate with Iran on coronavirus vaccine
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist-run Cuba said late on Friday it had signed an accord with Iran to transfer the technology for its most advanced coronavirus vaccine candidate and carry out ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 09, 2021
