MINSK / KYIV (Reuters) – With a bunch of flowers and surrounded by clapping supporters, Belarus’s most famous writer has given a powerful voice to the opposition against President Alexander Lukashenko, even though she has so far barred a leadership role. nobody. FILE PHOTO: The 2015 Nobel Prize winner for …
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LONDON / BRUSSELS / GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization will receive a flood of promises of support for its COVID-19 vaccine plan for all next week. FILE PHOTO: An employee is seen in the Reference Center for Special Immunobiologists (CRIE) of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) …
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen promised Friday to defend the island with a “solid” air force when she launched a US-backed maintenance center for the island’s fleet of upgraded F-16s. fighters amid growing tensions between Taipei and Beijing. The aircraft of the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) flies …
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(Reuters) – US and China trade jibes as military tensions grow between the world’s two largest economies, with the US Secretary of Defense promising not to “give an inch” in the Pacific and China saying Washington risked the lives of soldiers. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper listens …
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DUBLIN / BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Phil Hogan stepped down as EU Trade Commissioner on Wednesday after days of pressure over allegations that he violated COVID-19 guidelines during a trip to his native Ireland, saying it had become clear that the controversy was a distraction from his work, FILE PHOTO: European …
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