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India accounted for one in four COVID-19 deaths globally last week: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - India accounted for nearly half of the COVID-19 cases reported worldwide last week and one in four of deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. "India accounts ...
May 05, 2021
Myanmar’s anti-junta unity government says forming defence force
(Reuters) - Myanmar's National Unity Government, set up by opponents of army rule, said on Wednesday it had formed a "people's defence force" to protect its supporters from military attacks and violen...
May 05, 2021
UK minister says unaware of report G7 delegates are self-isolating
LONDON (Reuters) - British vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Wednesday he was unaware of a report that delegates from Group of Seven countries meeting in London this week were self-isolating bec...
May 05, 2021
Cricket: Ex-Australia test bowler MacGill kidnapped for ransom – media reports
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police arrested four men in dawn raids on Wednesday in connection with the alleged kidnap and assault of former test cricketer Stuart MacGill, media reported. The 50-year...
May 05, 2021
CDC says U.S. recorded lowest number of births last year since 1979
(Reuters) - The United States recorded a 4% drop in birth rate in 2020, its sixth consecutive annual decline in the number of births and the lowest since 1979, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease C...
May 05, 2021
Militants attack oil wells in Iraq’s north, production unaffected: sources
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Militants using bombs attacked two oil wells at an oilfield close to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday but production was not affected, security and oil industry ...
May 05, 2021
Asian equities see foreign inflows for first time this year
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) - Overseas investors turned net buyers of Asian equities in April for the first time this year, helped by signs of economic recovery, with the region posting a strong rebound...
May 05, 2021
UK still looking at COVID booster shot options: vaccines minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British officials are currently looking at which COVID-19 vaccines would offer the best booster shot for vulnerable people later this year and no decisions have been taken yet, vacc...
May 05, 2021
Novo Nordisk ups guidance after Q1 results beat expectations
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest manufacturer of diabetes drugs, raised its financial forecast in local currencies on Wednesday after reporting first quarter sales an...
May 05, 2021
Stellantis sees heavier impact from chip shortage in Q2 vs Q1
MILAN (Reuters) -Stellantis, the world's fourth largest carmaker, said on Wednesday it expects the global shortage of semiconductors to affect production this quarter more heavily than in the first th...
May 05, 2021
