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Explainer-How Ottawa’s anti-vaccine mandate protests are spreading globally

10 Feb 2022

By Rod Nickel (Reuters) – Horn-blaring demonstrations demanding an end to Canadian COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers have caused gridlock in the capital Ottawa since late January. The protests are now spilling to key Canada-United States border crossings and disrupting trade. Copycat protests have also sprung up in Australia, New Zealand and France, …

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French virologist who co-discovered HIV virus has died – AFP

10 Feb 2022

By Reuters Staff PARIS (Reuters) – French virologist Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize for his part in discovering the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, has died, French news agency AFP reported on Thursday. Montagnier, who was 89, shared half of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine with fellow French scientist Francoise …

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Light at end of tunnel for Czech services as government drops COVID pass

10 Feb 2022

By Jiri Skacel PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech restaurant and hotel operators saw light at the end of the tunnel on Thursday as the government cancelled rules requiring vaccination certificates to enter restaurants and events as Omicron infections started to ebb. Hotels and restaurants in Prague, a prime tourist destination, have suffered badly throughout the pandemic …

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Prince William visits UAE as Britain seeks to deepen ties

10 Feb 2022

By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -Prince William, second in line to the British throne, on Thursday visited the United Arab Emirates at a time when the former British protectorate has faced an unprecedented though mostly foiled string of missile and drone attacks. Kensington Palace said it is the Duke of Cambridge’s first official visit to …

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Portugal’s church abuse panel gathers over 200 testimonies in one month

10 Feb 2022

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – A commission investigating child sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said on Thursday more than 200 alleged victims had already been in touch to share their stories since its launch a month ago. The abuse allegations have come from people born between 1933 and 2006, from various backgrounds, …

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Libyan officials silent on reported assassination attempt

10 Feb 2022

TRIPOLI (Reuters) -A source close to Libya’s interim prime minister said early on Thursday that the premier had survived an assassination attempt overnight, but authorities made no public statement on the matter. The source said the incident happened as Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah was returning home, describing it as a clear assassination attempt. The source …

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Belgium museum returns painting to Jewish family after 71 years

10 Feb 2022

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s leading art museum has returned a painting it held for 71 years to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple whose property was looted by the Nazis after they fled on the eve of World War Two. The family’s Berlin-based law firm approached the Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts (Royal …

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EU delivers collective reply to Russian security proposals

10 Feb 2022

MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said on Thursday it had delivered a single letter in response to Russia’s proposals to member states on European security on behalf of the 27 foreign ministers of the bloc. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier on Thursday said a collective response from the EU to his correspondence to …

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