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Soldiers, prisoners, displaced people vote early ahead of Iraq election

By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Soldiers, prisoners and displaced people voted in special early polls in (More…)

Milestone global corporate tax deal finally gets agreement

By Leigh Thomas

PARIS (Reuters) – A global deal to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% (More…)

Russia says at least 49,389 people died from COVID-19 in Aug

MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least 49,389 people died in Russia in August due to the coronavirus and related causes, taking (More…)

Moderna aims to deliver 1 billion more vaccine doses to low-income countries in 2022

(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Friday it aims to deliver one billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to low-income countries (More…)

U.S. troops rotating into Taiwan for training -sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Small numbers of U.S. special operations forces have been rotating into Taiwan on a temporary basis to train (More…)

Blinken meets Lopez Obrador to soothe thorny U.S.-Mexico relations

By Simon Lewis

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a visit to Mexico on Friday held (More…)

Factbox: Countries respond to heart inflammation risk from mRNA shots

(Reuters) – Some countries have halted altogether or are giving only one dose of COVID shots based on so-called mRNA (More…)

Suicide bomber kills 46 at Afghanistan mosque – state news agency

KABUL (Reuters) -A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing 46 people and wounding (More…)

Migrants’ hopes dashed by surprise deportation to Haiti from U.S. border

By Daina Beth Solomon

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Haitian migrant Nikel Norassaint did not know where he was headed when (More…)

Volcanic ash buildup shuts airport on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands

MADRID (Reuters) -A buildup of ash and dust from the erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano on the runway forced authorities in (More…)