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EU Commissioner Breton confident of 70% inoculation goal by mid-July
ATHENS (Reuters) - The European Union will be able to produce enough vaccines to achieve its target for immunity of its adult population by the middle of July, the EU executive's vaccine task force ch...
Apr 25, 2021
Hong Kong-Singapore air travel bubble to start on May 26 – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Hong Kong and Singapore will announce a May 26 start to their long-delayed air travel bubble between the two cities, Bloomberg News reported https://bloom.bg/3sQyXZi, citing people familia...
Apr 25, 2021
Italy imposes travel ban from India over COVID variant
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy has joined other countries by imposing restrictions on travel from India to avert the spread of a COVID-19 variant as the Asian nation struggles with a surge in infections. Ita...
Apr 25, 2021
Germany’s Scholz criticises Greens chancellor candidate over inexperience
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday the opposition Greens candidate for chancellor, Annalena Baerbock, lacked political experience and said he was better placed to ...
Apr 25, 2021
Egypt aiming for tourism revenues of $6 billion-$7 billion in 2021 – deputy minister
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is aiming for tourism revenues of $6 billion-$7 billion in 2021, the deputy tourism minister told Reuters. Tourism revenue, a key source of foreign currency for Egypt, plunged ...
Apr 25, 2021
Armenia PM steps down to clear way for early elections
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stepped down on Sunday ahead of an early general election he called following criticism over his handling of last year's conflict in Nagorno-...
Apr 25, 2021
Post-COVID record crowd of 78,113 for Aussie rules game
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A crowd of 78,113 packed into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for an Australian rules match between Collingwood and Essendon on Sunday, the highest attendance at a sports stad...
Apr 25, 2021
Russia reports 8,780 new COVID-19 cases, 332 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 8,780 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including 2,526 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 4,762,569 since the start of the pandemic. The coronavirus crisis cent...
Apr 25, 2021
A Sikh temple aids India’s COVID patients battling for breath
By Danish Siddiqui GHAZIABAD, India (Reuters) - Indian coronavirus patient Vidhya Devi, 70, should have been in emergency care at a New Delhi hospital, but instead she lay on the backseat of a car out...
Apr 25, 2021
Thai central bank says likely to slash GDP forecasts after new virus outbreak
By Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank is likely to slash its economic growth outlook for this year and next year as the country struggles with a...
Apr 25, 2021
