Africa secures 400 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses
By George Obulutsa
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The African Union (AU) has secured another 400 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)Health & Science
COVID-19 death toll in the Americas reaches 1 million people, says PAHO director
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Over one million people in the Americas have now died from complications from COVID-19, the head of (More…)
Madrid halting COVID-19 vaccinations due to supply delays
MADRID (Reuters) – Delays to COVID-19 vaccine shipments have forced authorities in Madrid to halt inoculations and are threatening supplies (More…)
Norway to close borders to all but essential visits, says PM
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway will close its borders to all but essential visitors, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday, (More…)
Chicago teachers threaten to stop working over district’s reopening plan
By Brendan O’Brien
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago teachers threatened to stop working altogether if the district retaliates against any of (More…)
UK AstraZeneca vaccine plant partially evacuated over suspect package
LONDON (Reuters) – A factory in Wales that produces AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine was partially evacuated on Wednesday after it received (More…)
Polish ruling restricting abortion to take effect on Wednesday
By Anna Koper and Joanna Plucinska
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish Constitutional Court verdict restricting access to abortion will go (More…)
Bangladesh to move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya Muslims to remote island despite criticism
By Ruma Paul
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh will move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote island in the (More…)
Police dismantle world’s ‘most dangerous’ criminal hacking network
(Reuters) – International law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday they had dismantled a criminal hacking scheme used to steal billions (More…)
UK plans tough new border measures to combat coronavirus
By William James and Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will announce new tougher border measures on Wednesday to stop (More…)
