WHO members to meet on Wednesday on new virus variant
Geneva (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has called a meeting of members for Wednesday to discuss strategies to
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U.S. seeks to calm fears of U.K. virus variant as U.S. infections top 18 million
Washington (Reuters) – Total U.S. COVID-19 cases surpassed 18 million on Tuesday as health officials tried to tamp down fears
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Head of election monitoring group gunned down in Afghan capital
Kabul (Reuters) – A prominent advocate of democracy in Afghanistan who headed an election monitoring organisation was gunned down on
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Turkey hopes to turn new page with U.S. and EU in 2021, Erdogan says
Ankara (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey hopes to “turn a new page” in its ties
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Factbox-How does Britain’s parliament approve the Brexit trade deal?
London (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union agreed terms of a trade deal on Thursday after months of knife-edge
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Boats, planes, helicopters: Canada gears up to vaccinate remote indigenous communities
Toronto (Reuters) – Canada’s indigenous communities have been prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine but distributing it across difficult and remote
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Wife of jailed Kurdish leader hails release ruling, demands Turkish reforms
Ankara (Reuters) – The wife of detained Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas said on Thursday she expected Turkey to comply with
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UK COVID-19 variant detected in Israel, health ministry says
Tel Aviv (Reuters) – Israel has detected four cases of the new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has
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New Chinese carrier rocket Long March-8 makes first flight
Beijing (AFP) – China’s new carrier rocket, the Long March-8, made its maiden flight on Tuesday, the country’s space agency
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Israel to hold snap election, with Netanyahu facing new challenges
Jerusalem (Reuters) – Israel will hold a snap election in March after parliament failed on Tuesday to meet a deadline
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