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Russia's COVID-19 deaths surpass 50,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia surpassed 50,000 on Saturday as the country continues to fight stubbornly high numbers of new infections daily. Russia's official coronavirus...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Britain reports 27,052 new COVID cases, 534 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 27,052 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and 534 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data. (Reporting by Michael H...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Explainer-Russia's potent cyber and information warfare capabilities
By Andrew Osborn and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Russia was responsible for a cyber attack that embedded malicious code inside U...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Panama orders men and women to shop on different days to curb coronavirus
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama will next week reimpose nationwide curbs on movement by requiring men and women to carry out festive shopping on different days, the health minister said on Friday, impo...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio's son killed in car crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bridgewater Associates LP founder Ray Dalio's 42-year-old son has died in a car crash, Dalio said in a Twitter post late on Friday. Bridgewater is one of the world's largest hedge...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Armenians march to mourn war victims as PM faces calls to resign
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Armenians marched through the capital Yerevan on Saturday to commemorate the soldiers killed in a six-week conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in which Azerbaija...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
New COVID-19 strain spreads more quickly, UK medical chief says
LONDON (Reuters) - A new strain of COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom can spread more quickly and urgent work is under way to confirm that it does not cause a higher mortality rate, England's C...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Exclusive: Blackstone in talks to merge Alight with blank-check acquisition firm
By David French and Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc is in talks to merge U.S. benefits services provider Alight Solutions LLC with a blank-check acquisition ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
UK ministers discuss COVID-19 concern amid rise in cases
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding a conference call with his senior ministers on Saturday to discuss concern over a new strain of the COVID-19 virus which is rising a...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
See each other by video call this Christmas, Merkel tells Germans
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Saturday to avoid visiting family members over Christmas and to use video calls instead for greetings, the way service members stationed ab...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
