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Greece starts COVID-19 vaccinations among the elderly
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece kicked off COVID-19 vaccinations among the elderly on Saturday, after first inoculating tens of thousands of frontline workers to fight the spread of the coronavirus. More th...
Jan 16, 2021
Turkey says it will renew offer for joint working group on S-400s to Biden: NTV
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will renew its offer to form a joint working group with the United States to look into the technical aspects of its acquisition of the Russian S-400 defence systems it acquir...
Jan 16, 2021
Malaysia’s Top Glove reports COVID-19 outbreak at four factories
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Top Glove Corp, the world's largest medical grade glove maker, said on Saturday some employees at four factories had tested positive for COVID-19 recently. While th...
Jan 16, 2021
Astrazeneca COVID vaccine gets approval in Pakistan: health minister
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Astrazeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval for emergency use in Pakistan, the country's health minister said on Saturday, the first vaccine against ...
Jan 16, 2021
Saudi to reopen Qatar embassy in coming days: Saudi minister
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia expects to re-open its embassy in Qatar in the coming days, Saudi's foreign minister said on Saturday, following a U.S.-backed detente last week in a three-year-old dis...
Jan 16, 2021
Malaysia reports 4,029 new coronavirus cases, highest daily count
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 4,029 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the biggest daily increase recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic, bringing the total number of inf...
Jan 16, 2021
Explainer: Can Trump pardon himself? Would the courts reject the move?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - As he prepares to end a tumultuous four years as U.S. president facing potential legal jeopardy, Donald Trump has discussed the possibility of pardoning himself, according to ...
Jan 16, 2021
U.S. capitols on edge for armed protests as Trump presidency nears end
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials are gearing up for pro-Trump marches in all 50 state capitols this weekend, erecting barriers and calling in their National Guards to try to ...
Jan 16, 2021
Turkey announces $18.5 billion public investment programme for 2021
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has announced a 2021 public investment programme worth 138.5 billion lira ($18.53 billion), with communication and transportation projects receiving the largest allocation of...
Jan 16, 2021
Iran fires long-range missiles into Indian Ocean in military drill: media
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles into the Indian Ocean on the second day of a military exercise, state media reported. The drill, which com...
Jan 16, 2021
