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Malaysia posts record daily rise in coronavirus cases as emergency invoked
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday reported 3,309 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily rise since the start of the pandemic, as the country imposed a nationwide state of emergency. Malay...
Jan 12, 2021
Trump administration to deliver guidelines to speed up vaccinations: Axios
(Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver new guidelines on Tuesday meant to get coronavirus vaccinations moving faster, Axios reported https://www.axios.com/trump-cor...
Jan 12, 2021
Fire kills eight in Russian apartment block
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire in an apartment block killed eight people in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg in the early hours of Tuesday, the local branch of Russia's Investigative Committee said....
Jan 12, 2021
Merkel sees coronavirus lockdown until early April: Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers in her conservative party that she expects a lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus to last until the start of April, ...
Jan 12, 2021
‘We should not give up’, says Malaysian journalist ahead of court verdict
(Reuters) - A Malaysian journalist on trial over comments posted by readers on his news website said on Tuesday reporters should not "give up" in the face of "harassment" by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Y...
Jan 12, 2021
Australian competition watchdog warns Google, Facebook laws are just the start
By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator has warned that planned laws to make the country the first in the world to force Google and Facebook to pay for news content were l...
Jan 12, 2021
Britain’s GMB union announces second five day strike at Centrica’s British gas
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's GMB trade union said on Tuesday that its members at Centrica's British Gas will start a second five-day strike in protest over proposed changes to work conditions. GMB sai...
Jan 12, 2021
Additional unemployment benefits begin to roll out in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency has started issuing $300 weekly Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments. An estimated 365,000 people with claims for reg...
Jan 12, 2021
Russia to send Nepal up to 25 million Sputnik V vaccine doses: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia intends to supply Nepal with up to 25 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Russian foreign ministry. (...
Jan 12, 2021
China will give Myanmar a batch of COVID-19 vaccines for free, says ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will give Myanmar a batch of coronavirus vaccines for free, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The announcement came as Wang Yi, the Chinese government's top diplo...
Jan 12, 2021
