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U.S. President Biden calls for intellectual property protection waivers on COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on nations meeting at the World Trade Organization next week to agree to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines ...
Nov 26, 2021
New coronavirus variant not yet detected in Germany – govt
BERLIN (Reuters) - The new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has not yet been found in Germany but has likely spread to more countries than has so far been detected, according to an inter...
Nov 26, 2021
Ethiopia restricts information sharing about war
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia has announced new restrictions on the sharing of information about the war in the north of the country which stipulate that battlefront updates can only come from the gove...
Nov 26, 2021
Ukraine’s Yermak assured of “ironclad” U.S. support in call with Sullivan – tweet
KYIV (Reuters) - The head of Ukraine's presidential office Andriy Yermak on Friday said he received assurances of "ironclad support" in a call with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. U.S., ...
Nov 26, 2021
Figure skating-Valieva breaks women’s short program world record in Sochi
(Reuters) - Russian teenager Kamila Valieva broke the women's short program world record at the Rostelecom Cup in Sochi on Friday, setting a new ISU high score of 87.42 points to mark herself as a fav...
Nov 26, 2021
Ireland considering restarting mandatory hotel quarantine
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is considering restarting its mandatory hotel quarantine regime after it told residents to avoid non-essential travel to seven southern African countries due to concerns ove...
Nov 26, 2021
U.S. to impose travel curbs on eight southern African countries over new COVID-19 variant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will restrict travel to the United States from eight southern African countries effective Monday over concerns about a new COVID-19 variant found in Sou...
Nov 26, 2021
Alpine skiing-Snowstorm wipes out first Alpine World Cup downhill
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall forced the cancellation of the opening men's Alpine Ski World Cup downhill on Friday. The World Cup speed season got off to a sputtering start with fina...
Nov 26, 2021
Paris makes mask wearing outdoors mandatory at public gatherings
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris has made the wearing of face masks outside mandatory again at public gatherings as the COVID-19 infection rate in the French capital soars, police said. The police prefecture s...
Nov 26, 2021
Canada closing borders to citizens from seven southern African nations over COVID-19 fears
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is closing its borders to the citizens of seven southern African nations to help stop the spread of a newly identified variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos t...
Nov 26, 2021
