New Zealand buys Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from Spain
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Around a quarter of a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine bought from Spain will arrive in ...
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Russia moves Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets to Belarus to patrol borders, Minsk says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has sent Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets to western Belarus to form a joint military training centre, ...
Italy’s Draghi, Turkey’s Erdogan discuss Afghan crisis, G20 summit
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi discussed on Wednesday the Afghan crisis with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan ahead ...
Colombian lawmakers approve $4 billion tax reform after protests
By Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian lawmakers have passed a tax bill set to raise $4 billion annually, the ...
Brazil chief justice rebuffs Bolsonaro, speaker calls for calm
BRASILIA (Reuters) -The chief justice of Brazil's Supreme Court said on Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro was undermining the top ...
Climate, wealth gap in focus as Norway go to polls
By Gwladys Fouche and Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) - Norway votes this weekend after a national election campaign dominated by ...
Half of Morocco’s electorate voted in parliamentary elections
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) -Morocco said turnout in Wednesday’s parliamentary election was just over 50%, higher than in 2016 ...
‘Incredible fear’ among women across Afghanistan -U.N. official
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lack of clarity on the Taliban's position on women in Afghanistan has ...
Olympics – IOC says helped around 100 to leave Afghanistan
By Simon Evans (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that the organisation had helped ...
Brazilian Chief Justice Fux assails Bolsonaro for undermining top court
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court Chief Justice Luiz Fux said on Wednesday that encouraging people to disobey the court's ...
Biafran separatist sues Nigeria asking to be freed, allowed to go to UK
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) -The detained leader of a separatist group in Nigeria has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was ...
Main suspect tells Paris attacks trial he’s ‘an Islamic State soldier’
By Tangi Salaün and Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) -The main suspect in a jihadist rampage that killed 130 people across ...
Philippines defense minister says U.S. treaty needs comprehensive review
By David Brunnstrom and Karen Lema WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Wednesday there was a need ...
Hungary awaits Pope Francis with a sweet “Bite of Heaven”
By Krisztina Fenyo DUNAHARASZTI, Hungary (Reuters) - Confectioner Zsolt Karl has made a special cake he calls "a bite of ...
Blinken says Taliban must earn legitimacy after new government fails inclusivity test
By Humeyra Pamuk RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said a provisional Afghan ...
Iran warns West of IAEA move as U.S says time running out to save nuclear deal
By Humeyra Pamuk RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) - Iran's president on Wednesday warned Western states against rebuking Tehran at ...
Minister dies trying to save man during Arctic exercise, says Russia
By Tom Balmforth and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian government minister who once served in President Vladimir Putin's ...
Philippines’ Duterte accepts 2022 vice presidential nomination
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday accepted his party's nomination ...
EU says provisional Taliban government falls short of promises
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union voiced disapproval on Wednesday of the Taliban's provisional government in Afghanistan after the Islamist militants ...
Myanmar urged to avoid violence after junta opponents declare revolt
(Reuters) -Southeast Asian and Western countries have urged all sides in Myanmar to refrain from violence and allow in humanitarian ...