Italy 2020 death toll is highest since World War Two as COVID-19 hits
ROME (Reuters) – Italy registered more deaths in 2020 than in any other year since World War Two, according to (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
Swiss church bells mark year since first COVID-19 death
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Swiss church bells rang out at noon on Friday and people observed a minute of silence (More…)
Czech Republic asks other countries for help with COVID-19 patients: health ministry
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic has asked Germany, Switzerland and Poland to take in dozens of COVID-19 patients as (More…)
Exclusive: Oxford study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant, source says
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Preliminary data from a study conducted at the University of Oxford (More…)
Analysis: End of the road for Hong Kong’s democratic dream as China ‘improves’ its voting system
By James Pomfret
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Ever since Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, opposition activists (More…)
New Zealanders urged to evacuate after third earthquake triggers tsunami warnings
By Praveen Menon
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Tsunami warning sirens sounded on Friday and thousands of New Zealanders on the North (More…)
Alabama extends mask mandate for a month, breaking with Texas, Mississippi
By Barbara Goldberg
(Reuters) – Alabama’s governor said on Thursday she was extending the state’s mask mandate for another month, (More…)
WHO investigators to scrap interim report on probe of COVID-19 origins: WSJ
(Reuters) – A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 is planning to scrap an interim report on (More…)
Barrett authors first U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a loss for environmentalists
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday authored her first ruling since joining the (More…)
Coronavirus crisis in Latin America made worse by poverty, inequality, U.N. agency says
By Fabian Cambero
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Latin America and the Caribbean countries in the throes of the coronavirus crisis will (More…)
