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Israel cabinet approves Gardos as new budget czar
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved Yoav Gardos as the country's budget director after he had been serving as interim budget czar for the past year, the finance ministry said. Ga...
Aug 22, 2021
Biden administration to use commercial airlines to carry Afghan evacuees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Sunday that commercial aircraft would be used to help ferry people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan. A Pentagon spokesm...
Aug 22, 2021
Dutch send more soldiers to Afghanistan to help with evacuations
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will increase its military presence in Afghanistan to help with efforts to evacuate people from the country, the Dutch defence ministry said on Sunday. An unspeci...
Aug 22, 2021
Suicide attacker kills self but no others in Libyan desert town
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint into the Libyan town of Zella on Sunday, killing himself but causing no other casualties, a spokesman for the eastern-based Libyan Na...
Aug 22, 2021
South Korea to get more Moderna COVID shots in boost to vaccination effort
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's health ministry said on Sunday that Moderna Inc will supply the country with 7.01 million doses of coronavirus vaccines by the first week of September, following a gove...
Aug 22, 2021
Vaccinated Philippine workers can enter Hong Kong from Aug 30, says minister
MANILA (Reuters) - Filipino workers who have been vaccinated in the Philippines will be allowed to enter Hong Kong from Aug. 30, Manila's labour minister said on Sunday. Labour Secretary Silvestre Bel...
Aug 22, 2021
Germany’s Merkel calls for Ukraine gas transit agreement
KYIV (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Sunday for an agreement to extend gas transit through Ukraine. "Gas should not be used as a geopolitical weapon," she said after a meeting in...
Aug 22, 2021
Iran urges Japan to release billions in blocked funds amid U.S. sanctions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan to release Iranian funds frozen in the country because of U.S. sanctions, Iranian state TV reported after the president met on Sunday w...
Aug 22, 2021
Russia’s Putin: we don’t want Afghan militants in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the conflict in Afghanistan directly affects the security situation in Russia, Russian news agencies reported. Putin criticised ...
Aug 22, 2021
Ukraine evacuates 83 people from Kabul, foreign minister says
KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian military plane evacuated 83 people from Kabul on Sunday, including journalists, activists, and Afghan women and children, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. Thousands of...
Aug 22, 2021
