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By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday he aimed to present the 2021-2022...

South Africa says vaccine rollout, essential healthcare disrupted by unrest

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's health department said on Tuesday that violent protests had disrupted the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines...

Tokyo governor vows city’s medical system is ready for Games

By Antoni Slodkowski and Ami Miyazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Tuesday that a sufficient number of...

France fines Google 500 million euros over copyright row

PARIS (Reuters) -France's antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for failing...

Scuffles flare in Georgia parliament after death of journalist

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Scuffles broke out in Georgia's parliament on Monday as journalists and opposition politicians tried to enter the...

Brussels backs Bosnia’s EU bid after jitters over strategy

By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union tried on Tuesday to reassure Bosnians of its readiness to admit...

Tigray rebels say they capture main town, push south and west

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rebels in Ethiopia's Tigray region said on Tuesday they had recaptured a main town from rival forces...

Delta variant behind all COVID-19 cases in Portugal’s Lisbon, Algarve

LISBON (Reuters) - All COVID-19 cases in the Lisbon area and the popular southern Algarve region are of the more...

BioNTech had planned 5 million vaccines to Taiwan by July, diplomat says

TAIPEI (Reuters) - BioNTech SE had planned to send Taiwan five million COVID-19 vaccine doses by July under an original...

South African looters raid Durban warehouses as riots escalate

DURBAN (Reuters) - Looters ransacked warehouses and supermarkets in the South African port city of Durban on Tuesday despite the...

10 bodies found at looted S.African mall following stampede

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The bodies of 10 people were found on Monday evening after a stampede at a Soweto...

Factbox – Countries make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory

(Reuters) - A sharp upturn in new coronavirus infections due to the highly contagious Delta variant and a slowdown in...

Merkel says COVID curbs to stay until more Germans get shots

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Tuesday that more people needed to be vaccinated against...

New German space command to tackle Russian, Chinese threat, overcrowding

By Sabine Siebold UEDEM, Germany (Reuters) - Germany opened a new space command on Tuesday, following the lead of other...

Philippines to probe report of Chinese sewage-dumping at sea

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' defence minister on Tuesday ordered the military to investigate a report by a U.S.-based tech...

After vaccination burnout, Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots

By Matthias Blamont, Michael Erman and Maayan Lubell (Reuters) - The daily pace of COVID vaccinations has increased in about...

Duterte-Duterte a winning ticket in poll on Philippines election

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio would be the winning ticket for next year's presidential...

Ever Given container ship leaves Egyptian waters – source

ISMAILIA (Reuters) -The Ever Given container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal in March left Egyptian waters at 4...

China hotel collapse kills eight; rescuers search for nine missing