By Pavel Polityuk, Vladimir Soldatkin KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday called on NATO to outline a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance, after days in which …
Read More »Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny taken to sick ward, subjected to coronavirus tests – Izvestia
By Tom Balmforth, Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was taken to a sick room with symptoms of a respiratory illness and tested for the coronavirus, the Izvestia …
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By Tom Balmforth, Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he had a high fever and severe cough, and that three of the 15 inmates in …
Read More »EU has ‘absolutely no need’ for Sputnik V vaccine, says commissioner
PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union does not need Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 and can achieve immunity across the continent using European production, a top EU executive said on Sunday …
Read More »Kremlin says pressure on countries to reject Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is unprecedented
FILE PHOTO: A shipment of doses of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen after arriving at the Ezeiza International Airport, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January …
Read More »Russia slows down Twitter by failing to remove banned content
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Read More »Bitcoin mania triggers a flood of fundraising by Chinese gamers
By Samuel Shen, Alun John SHANGHAI / HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Bitcoin mania has fueled a surge in fundraising by Chinese companies looking to expand their cryptocurrency operations or enter the …
Read More »Russia reports world’s first case of human infection with H5N8 bird flu
By Polina Devitt, Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has recorded the first case of a strain of bird flu virus called A (H5N8) that is transmitted to humans through birds and …
Read More »Washington kills Belarus with sanctions as Minsk retaliates against EU measures
(Reuters) – The United States on Friday accused eight Belarusian officials of sanctions, accusing them of being involved in a violent crackdown in President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election victory in August or subsequent …
Read More »Washington kills Belarus with sanctions as Minsk retaliates against EU measures
(Reuters) – The United States on Friday accused eight Belarusian officials of sanctions, accusing them of being involved in a violent crackdown in President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election victory in August or subsequent …
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