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Russia puts Navalny’s ally under house arrest ahead of protest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court ordered Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, to be held under house arrest until March 23 for breaching COVID-19 restrictions, her lawyer wrote on...
Jan 29, 2021
Russia puts Pussy Riot member under house arrest ahead of protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court ordered Maria Alyokhina, a member of the Pussy Riot punk band, to be kept under house arrest until March 23 for violating restrictions related to the pandemic, the c...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. likely to start COVID-19 vaccination in children by late spring or early summer – Fauci
(Reuters) - The United States will likely start vaccinating children by late spring or early summer, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Friday, as studies are underway to test th...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden priority is dealing with Iran’s growing fissile material stockpile: Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A critical early priority for the Biden administration is to deal with an escalating crisis with Iran as Tehran gets closer to having enough fissile material for a nuclear weapo...
Jan 29, 2021
U.N. Syria envoy voices dismay at lack of progress in constitutional talks
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Untied Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said on Friday that he aimed to go to Damascus soon for talks after the Syrian Constitutional Committee failed to start draf...
Jan 29, 2021
Canada considering drug decriminalization to fight overdose crisis
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's federal government is considering decriminalization of the possession of opioids and other illicit drugs in its efforts to tackle a spiraling overdo...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. must be prepared to impose costs on China: Biden security adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Friday the United States needs to be prepared to impose costs on China for its actions against Uighur Mus...
Jan 29, 2021
Canada airlines agree to cancel all flights to warm destinations: PM Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's major airlines have agreed to suspend all flights to Mexico and the Caribbean until April 30 from Sunday as part of the fight against a second wave of the coronavirus, Prim...
Jan 29, 2021
EU lawmakers, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google hearing pushed back by 2 months
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers, who are gearing up to curb the power of U.S. tech giants, have told Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet that they are willing to push back a propose...
Jan 29, 2021
Russian court puts Navalny’s brother under house arrest until March 23
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court has ordered that the brother of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny be held under house arrest until March 23 for breaching COVID-19 restrictions, it said on Friday. Oleg ...
Jan 29, 2021
