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France to allocate more than 5% of its COVID vaccines to WHO-backed COVAX programme
PARIS (Reuters) - France will allocate more than 5% of its COVID-19 vaccine doses to the COVAX programme backed by the World Health Organisation, by the end of this year, said a French health ministry...
May 11, 2021
Drained by COVID fight, some French ICU nurses strike for better pay
AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - Intensive care medical staff exhausted by the battle against COVID-19 went on strike in some French hospitals on Tuesday to demand better pay and working condition...
May 11, 2021
Putin submits legislation on Russian withdrawal from Open Skies treaty
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday submitted legislation to parliament to formalise a Russian exit from the Open Skies treaty, a pact that allows unarmed surveillance fligh...
May 11, 2021
L Brands to spin off Victoria’s Secret – NYT
(Reuters) - L Brands Inc has decided to spin off lingerie brand Victoria's Secret rather than sell it, with the deal expected to close in August, the New York Times reported https://nyti.ms/2R91NYd on...
May 11, 2021
Ukraine says Russia still has 100,000 troops near its border
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia still has around 100,000 troops deployed near Ukraine's border and in annexed Crimea, the head of Ukraine's state security service (SBU) Ivan Bakanov said on Tuesday. Russia an...
May 11, 2021
Ad campaign critical of Japan’s coronavirus response makes waves
TOKYO (Reuters) - A newspaper ad criticising the Japanese government's response to the nation's fourth pandemic wave was widely shared on social media on Tuesday as public concerns mount over COVID-19...
May 11, 2021
Bulgaria president calls snap election for July 11
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev called a snap parliamentary election on Tuesday for July 11 and appointed Stefan Yanev, his close security and defence adviser, as caretaker prime mi...
May 11, 2021
UK to ban LGBT conversion therapy and provide more support
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will move to ban conversion therapy and provide more support to those in the LGBT community who have undergone the treatment, as part of its post-pandemic government agenda....
May 11, 2021
Palantir quarterly revenue beats estimates on more government contracts
(Reuters) -Tech billionaire Peter Thiel-backed firm Palantir Technologies Inc on Tuesday beat quarterly sales estimates as the U.S. data analytics firm clinched more software contracts from businesses...
May 11, 2021
Britain sets out plans to crack down on spying by foreign states
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain set out plans to crack down on hostile activity by foreign states on Tuesday, introducing a proposed law to give security services and law enforcement new powers to tackle g...
May 11, 2021
