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U.S. restricts visas of 100 Nicaraguans affiliated with government

By Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday imposed visa restrictions on 100 Nicaraguans affiliated with the Nicaraguan (More…)

Colombian police say no ‘hypothesis’ in Haiti assassination probe

By Luis Jaime Acosta

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian police said on Monday they could not share any hypothesis about the (More…)

In symbolic end to war, U.S. general steps down from Afghanistan command

By Phil Stewart

KABUL (Reuters) -The U.S. general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, relinquished command on Monday at (More…)

WHO committee calls for gene editing tools to be shared with poorer nations

By Ludwig Burger

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -A World Health Organization (WHO) committee said on Monday that human genome editing technologies to (More…)

World hunger, malnutrition soared last year mostly due to COVID-19 – U.N. agencies

By Maytaal Angel

LONDON (Reuters) – World hunger and malnutrition levels worsened dramatically last year, with most of the increase (More…)

At least 18 people killed in lightning strikes in India

(Reuters) – At least 18 people, including seven children, were killed and 16 others injured by lightning strikes in the (More…)

Fire at Bangladesh factory kills 52 workers, police open probe

By Ruma Paul and Zeba Siddiqui

DHAKA (Reuters) -At least 52 people were killed and 20 injured after a massive (More…)

Dutch reimpose COVID curbs as cases jump in young adults

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch government reimposed COVID-19 curbs on nightclubs, music festivals and restaurants on Friday in an effort to (More…)

Nearly 600 rescued migrants disembark from charity boat in Italy

ROME (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean disembarked on Friday in the southern Italian town of (More…)

Find $75 billion to head off next pandemic, top panel tells G20

By Gavin Jones

VENICE (Reuters) – COVID-19 is probably only a forerunner of increasingly dangerous pandemics in the future and (More…)