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Pope to return to virtual general audiences due to participant COVID-19 case

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis’ weekly general audiences, which had resumed with the public participating, will be moved back (More…)

Three dead as woman beheaded in France, gunman killed in second incident

By Eric Gaillard

NICE, France (Reuters) – A knife-wielding attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar” beheaded a woman and killed two other (More…)

Merkel plans circuit-break lockdown as German virus cases surge

By Sabine Siebold and Michelle Adair

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel will press regional leaders on Wednesday to agree (More…)

Olympics: ‘Normal again’ – U.S. gymnasts blaze a trail to Tokyo meet

By Jack Tarrant

TOKYO (Reuters) – Gymnasts are used to having pressure on their shoulders but the athletes heading to (More…)

U.S. warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India

By Neha Arora and Sanjeev Miglani

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States and India signed a pact to share (More…)

Protests flare in Italian cities against COVID-19 restrictions

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – Protests flared across Italy on Monday against a new round of government restrictions aimed at curbing (More…)

Europeans refocus on new curbs as COVID surges across continent

By Crispian Balmer

ROME (Reuters) – European governments moved on Tuesday to set new curbs in motion to try to (More…)

Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults

By Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Kelland and Kate Holton

LONDON (Reuters) – One of the world’s leading COVID-19 experimental vaccines produces (More…)

WHO says it will have advice on remdesivir in 3-4 weeks

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it is preparing guidelines on use of the drug (More…)

Israel won’t oppose U.S. sale of ‘specific’ weapons to UAE, Netanyahu and Gantz say

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel will not oppose U.S. sales of “specific weapons systems” to the United Arab Emirates, Israeli (More…)