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Islamic states’ meeting agrees to set up trust fund for Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A meeting of foreign ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation agreed on Sunday to establish a humanitarian trust fund to address the growing economic crisis in Afgh...
Dec 19, 2021
Russia’s AvtoVaz downplays incident at factory after explosion reported -Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An explosion occurred at a factory of Russian car producer AvtoVaz in the city of Tolyatti on Sunday, Interfax reported, citing a source, though the company quickly downplayed the i...
Dec 19, 2021
UK reports a further 12,133 confirmed Omicron cases in 24 hours
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported more than 12,000 further confirmed cases of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the latest daily figures provided by health authorit...
Dec 19, 2021
Manchin says he is a ‘no’ on Biden’s domestic investment bill
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden's hopes of passing a $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill, said on Sunday he would...
Dec 19, 2021
Soccer – Premier League rejected Chelsea request to postpone Wolves game, says Tuchel
(Reuters) - Chelsea are angry and disappointed after their request to postpone Sunday's game at Wolverhampton Wanderers was rejected by the Premier League, manager Thomas Tuchel said. Chelsea have sev...
Dec 19, 2021
Alpine skiing – Kristoffersen wins Alta Badia giant slalom with late charge
(Reuters) - Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen picked up his first World Cup giant slalom title of the season after a thrilling victory in Alta Badia, Italy on Sunday. In 2019, Kristoffersen became the fi...
Dec 19, 2021
Azerbaijan hands over 10 more captured soldiers to Armenia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Azerbaijan handed over 10 captured Armenian soldiers to Armenia on Sunday for the second time this month following talks last week between both sides and European Council President ...
Dec 19, 2021
UK health minister understands Brexit colleague Frost’s resignation
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Sajid Javid said on Sunday he understood the resignation of Brexit minister David Frost, who was disillusioned with the direction of Prime Minister Boris Joh...
Dec 19, 2021
French economic rebound, inflation to moderate next year – central bank
PARIS (Reuters) - French growth and inflation will moderate in 2022 after a faster than expected recovery this year, after which a tighter labour market will boost wages, the French central bank forec...
Dec 19, 2021
COVID Omicron variant “raging through the world,” traveling increases risk -Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Sunday the easily transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus is "raging through the world" as he urged Americans to ge...
Dec 19, 2021
