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By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria faced prolonged political instability on Monday after a national election appeared to result in...

WHO says countries should not order COVID-19 boosters while others still need vaccines

GENEVA (Reuters) -Rich countries should not be ordering booster shots for their vaccinated populations while other countries have yet to...

Dutch PM apologises for easing of COVID-19 curbs as cases soar

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte conceded on Monday that coronavirus restrictions had been lifted too soon in the...

Egypt tightens punishment for sexual harassment

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian parliament on Monday approved harsher penalties for sexual harassment and related crimes and upgraded them...

Pope to attend November U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, health permitting

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in...

Desperate Myanmar residents queue for oxygen as COVID-19 cases surge

(Reuters) - Myanmar's military authorities pledged on Monday to ramp up oxygen supplies to help treat COVID-19 patients, as residents...

Jamaica plans to seek reparations from Britain over slavery

By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaica plans to ask Britain for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in the...

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...

Jordan sentences former top courtier to 15 years in jail over alleged plot

(Corrects former role of lawyer to federal prosecutor from district attorney in paragraph 8) By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -...

Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstates parliament; orders new PM to be appointed

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday reinstated its parliament, which was dissolved by caretaker Prime Minister...

Finland halts deportations to Afghanistan after U.S. troops leave

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland will temporarily halt deportations to Afghanistan because of potential instability there following the withdrawal of U.S....

Handful of cities driving urban greenhouse gas emissions – study

By Emma Rumney and Isla Binnie LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - Just 25 big cities – almost all of them in China...

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hit by new charges in Mandalay court

(Reuters) -Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the...

Taliban surround central Afghan city of Ghazni – officials

KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban fighters have surrounded the city of Ghazni in central Afghanistan, taking over civilians' homes to fight security...

Australia’s COVID-19 Delta outbreak worsens despite Sydney lockdown

By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -The prospect of an extended lockdown in Sydney loomed on Monday as...

Sweden to ease pandemic curbs despite worries over mounting Delta cases

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's government said on Monday it will move ahead with a planned easing of pandemic restrictions this...

Afghan special forces moved in on Taliban, only to find they had melted away

By Danish Siddiqui KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Soldiers from Afghanistan's special forces paused for a short prayer late on Sunday...

Soccer-FA condemns racist abuse of players after England’s Euro 2020 final loss

LONDON (Reuters) -England's Football Association (FA) released a statement in the early hours of Monday morning condemning the online racist...

Analysis – Pfizer/BioNTech bid for booster doses premature, more data needed – experts