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World Bank approves $474 million loan to S.Africa for COVID vaccines
(Reuters) - The World Bank has approved a loan of 454.4 million euros ($474.4 million) to help South Africa fund COVID-19 vaccine purchases, the bank and South Africa's National Treasury said in a sta...
Jun 14, 2022
EU to buy 110,000 monkeypox vaccines with deliveries starting from end of June
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will sign an agreement with an undisclosed vaccine maker on Tuesday for the supply of about 110,000 doses of vaccines against monkeypox to be delivered from the...
Jun 14, 2022
Four injured in shelling of Russian town bordering Ukraine, official says
(Reuters) - Four people were injured on Tuesday by shelling in a Russian town in the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine, the regional governor said. The incident occurred in the town of Klintsy...
Jun 14, 2022
Sri Lanka gives public workers extra day off to grow food
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has approved a four-day work week for public sector workers to help them cope with a chronic fuel shortage and encourage them to grow food, the gover...
Jun 14, 2022
One killed in Tajik-Kyrgyz border guard clash – sources
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - One Tajik border guard was killed and three were wounded in a clash with Kyrgyz border guards on Tuesday, four Tajik security sources told Reuters, a new bout of violence between ...
Jun 14, 2022
Pope criticises Russia over cruelty in Ukraine but says war perhaps provoked
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has taken a new series of swipes at Russia for its actions in Ukraine, saying its troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious, while praising Ukrainians for fighting for surv...
Jun 14, 2022
A.B. Yehoshua, Israeli writer and peace activist, dies
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Abraham "Buli" (A. B.) Yehoshua, an Israeli writer who explored Jewish national identity while advocating for accommodation with the Palestinians, died on Tuesday aged 85, his fa...
Jun 14, 2022
UK says no reason EU should react negatively to N. Ireland law
LONDON (Reuters) - There is no reason the European Union should react in a negative way to Britain's plan to override some post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, British Foreign Secretary Liz T...
Jun 14, 2022
Cambodian court jails American lawyer, dozens of others for treason
PHONM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court handed down jail sentences on Tuesday to about 60 opposition figures including prominent lawyer Theary Seng for conspiring to commit treason, in a mass trial c...
Jun 14, 2022
Taiwan Strait is an international waterway, Taipei says, in rebuff to China
TAIPEI (Reuters) -The Taiwan Strait is an international waterway and Taiwan's government supports U.S. warships transiting it, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, rebuffing claims from China to exer...
Jun 14, 2022
