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Suez Canal steps up efforts to remove blockage as shipping rates surge, tankers diverted away

By Florence Tan, Jessica Jaganathan, Roslan Khasawneh and Gavin Maguire

CAIRO (Reuters) – The Suez Canal stepped up efforts on (More…)

EU export restrictions on COVID shots would be ‘lose-lose’ situation: Pfizer executive

By John Miller

ZURICH (Reuters) – European Union export restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines would result in a ‘lose-lose’ situation for (More…)

Big Tech CEOs told ‘time for self-regulation is over’ by U.S. lawmakers

By Diane Bartz and Elizabeth Culliford

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter appeared before Congress (More…)

Thousands of Venezuelans flee to Colombia amid military operations

By Jhon Freddy Hinestroza

ARAUQUITA MUNICIPALITY, Colombia (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans have fled to Colombia from their homes in (More…)

Pfizer, BioNTech launch COVID-19 vaccine trial in kids under 12

By Michael Erman

(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE began testing their COVID-19 vaccine in children under (More…)

One man’s mission offers Beirut neighborhood a vision of hope after blast

By Ayat Basma and Issam Abdallah

BEIRUT (Reuters) -The sheer scale of the destruction in Beirut’s Karantina district after the (More…)

Ship blocking Suez Canal like ‘beached whale’ could be stuck for weeks

By Yusri Mohamed, Gavin Maguire and Florence Tan

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like (More…)

Volcanic ash blamed as Biden envoys’ Guatemala trip ditched

By Sofia Menchu

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A delegation of senior Biden administration aides has postponed a trip to Guatemala (More…)

U.S. says hopes WHO report on virus origins is ‘based on science’

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States expects the World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origins of (More…)

Australian floods kill two, more evacuations as clean-up begins

By Renju Jose and Jonathan Barrett

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The bodies of two men were found in Australia on Wednesday in (More…)