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NBA-Warriors’ Wiggins denied religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Golden States Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins' request for religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine has been denied and he will not be able to play in his team's home games without be...
Sep 24, 2021
NBA rejects Andrew Wiggins’ request for religious vaccination exemption
The NBA announced Friday that it has rejected Andrew Wiggins' request for a religious exemption to the local COVID-19 vaccination order. "The NBA has reviewed and denied Andrew Wiggins' request for re...
Sep 24, 2021
Mexico asks Israel to extradite ex-official over missing students case
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has sent a letter to Israel's government urging it to facilitate the extradition of a former Mexican official in charge of a controversial investigation into the disappe...
Sep 24, 2021
Canadian Catholic bishops apologize for role in indigenous residential schools
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday officially apologized for their role in the country's notorious residential school system for the first t...
Sep 24, 2021
India tells Quad will allow export of 8 million Indo-Pacific vaccine doses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told fellow leaders of the Quad partnership on Friday India will allow the export of 8 million COVID-19 vaccines by end of October in line wi...
Sep 24, 2021
Newly signed Texas law restricts abortion-inducing medications
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday signed a new law that restricts access to abortion-inducing medications, just weeks after the state rolled out a near-tot...
Sep 24, 2021
Australia’s Victoria state logs record infections ahead of key sporting event
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state notched up a new daily record of 847 locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and one further death, government figures showed on Saturday as health official...
Sep 24, 2021
PG&E charged with manslaughter for sparking California wildfire
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Northern California on Friday charged power utility Pacific Gas & Electric with four counts of manslaughter and other felonies, alleging it failed to cut do...
Sep 24, 2021
Japan PM: Quad leaders agree to cooperate on vaccines, clean energy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Leaders of Japan, the United States, India and Australia have agreed to cooperate on such fields as COVID-19 vaccines, and clean energy and space, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide S...
Sep 24, 2021
Ecuador’s Lasso proposes economic reforms to reactivate economy
By Alexandra Valencia BOGOTA (Reuters) - Ecuadorean president Guillermo Lasso on Friday proposed new labor regulations and a tax reform targeting some $700 million in new revenue as part of a broad ec...
Sep 24, 2021
