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South Africa's coronavirus cases cross 900,000 -health ministry
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's total reported coronavirus cases surpassed 900,000 on Friday, just a fortnight after it reported crossing 800,000, signaling a rapid rise in infections in the c...
Dec 18, 2020
Massive iceberg pivots, breaks near south Atlantic penguin colony island
By Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) - Strong currents have taken hold of a massive Antarctic iceberg that is on a collision course towards South Georgia Island, causing it to shift direction and lose a ma...
Dec 18, 2020
Yemen's president, separatists announce new power-sharing government
ADEN (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen announced on Friday a new power-sharing cabinet that would include southern separatists in the internationally-recognised government, part of...
Dec 18, 2020
French coronavirus death toll over 60,000 for first time
PARIS (Reuters) - France's coronavirus death toll surpassed 60,000 for the first time on Friday, as the health ministry reported 610 new deaths, pushing the total to 60,229. There were 264 new deaths ...
Dec 18, 2020
EU drugs regulator says limited number of documents accessed in cyberattack
(Reuters) - Europe's medicines regulator said on Friday an investigation had so far revealed that a limited number of third-party documents were unlawfully accessed in a cyberattack and that it had en...
Dec 18, 2020
Exclusive-Brexit clouds airline ownership as Spanish-led fix rebuffed
By Laurence Frost and Gabriela Baczynska PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain, Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK, two peop...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. slaps fresh Venezuela-related sanctions on entity, two people -Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed fresh Venezuela-related sanctions targeting two people and a company, as Washington continues to up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro even...
Dec 18, 2020
Paraguay in vaccine talks with five pharmaceuticals to supplement COVAX supply - health minister
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay is negotiating with five foreign pharmaceutical companies to acquire up to 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021, Health Minister Julio Ma...
Dec 18, 2020
Airports advised to step up security efforts for COVID-19 vaccine cargo
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Airports around the world are being advised to step up security efforts to protect COVID-19 vaccine shipments amid police warnings of potential targeting from criminal networks. T...
Dec 18, 2020
Biden team says it has some defense dept officials not cooperating in transition
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's transition team has met resistance to its requests for information from some officials in the Department of Defense, an official on Biden's tea...
Dec 18, 2020
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