YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – More than 1,800 prisoners are fleeing in southeastern Nigeria after escaping when heavily armed men attacked their prison with explosives and rocket-propelled grenades, authorities said. Nigerian police said …
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By Roshan Abraham, Anurag Maan (Reuters) – Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide topped 3 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of COVID-19 infections is challenging vaccination efforts …
Read More »Myanmar protesters applaud to denounce junta as region focuses on crisis
(Reuters) – Protesters in Myanmar applauded on Monday in a demonstration of dissent against the military junta as a regional bloc prepared for talks on the crisis that has killed nearly 600 …
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By Tom Balmforth, Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday it will extend a punitive Twitter slowdown until May 15, although it acknowledged that the US social media company had …
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Read More »Pope, in Easter message, criticizes spending on weapons in times of pandemic
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to accelerate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor, and called out the armed conflict …
Read More »Taiwan reports new incursion by Chinese planes in defense zone
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday a new incursion by China’s air force into the island’s air defense identification zone, consisting of eight fighter jets and two other jets, …
Read More »Myanmar protesters applaud to denounce junta as region focuses on crisis
(Reuters) – Protesters in Myanmar applauded on Monday in a demonstration of dissent against the military junta as a regional bloc prepared for talks on the crisis that has killed nearly 600 …
Read More »Too early to say whether Brits can take summer holidays abroad, says UK’s Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday it was too early to say whether international summer holidays can continue this year, a comment that suggests the planned reopening …
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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