By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Alzheimer’s-like changes seen in COVID-19 patients’ brains People who die of severe COVID-19 have brain abnormalities that resemble …
By James Pearson and Christopher Bing (Reuters) -A hacking team that Ukraine says is controlled by Russian intelligence has targeted a wide range of organizations in the country, including a “western government entity,” according to cybersecurity research published on Thursday and Friday. The United States and other allies have sent military advisers and cybersecurity experts …
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YAVORIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops on Friday trained at the Yavoriv military base in western Ukraine, using anti-tank missiles, launchers and other military hardware delivered by the United States as part of a $200 million security package. Soldiers, some in white camouflage gear, fired missiles or stood observing, while military vehicles drove across a …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth marks 70 years on the British throne on Sunday, a milestone never reached by any of her predecessors over the last 1,000 years, and one which only a few monarchs across the globe have ever achieved. Elizabeth, 95, became the queen of Britain and more than a …
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By Tony Munroe, Muyu Xu and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday that not only bear the mark of the global coronavirus pandemic but are also mixing sport and global politics as few others have since the era of the Cold War. The scintillating opening …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting on Friday to shore up his authority after a senior aide resigned over his false claim that the leader of the opposition Labour Party failed to prosecute a notorious child sex abuser. Johnson, who in 2019 won the biggest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher, has repeatedly …
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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Mahmoud Hassano AMMAN/ATMEH, Syria (Reuters) – In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbours did not pry into each other’s past, the rent was paid on time. …
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By Vladimir Soldatkin and Chen Aizhu MOSCOW/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin unveiled new Russian oil and gas deals with China worth an estimated $117.5 billion on Friday, promising to ramp up Russia’s Far East exports at a time of heightened tension with European customers over Ukraine. Russia, already Beijing’s No. 3 gas supplier, has been …
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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Parniyan Zemaryalai BEIJING (Reuters) – With Russian troops massed at Ukraine’s borders, athletes from the two countries have formed a fragile peace at the Beijing Olympics, helped along by coronavirus restrictions meant to keep competitors apart. Ukraine has advised its athletes to avoid Russians where possible and instructed them how to …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics and a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing with him a deal to increase natural gas supplies to China amid rising tension with the West. Putin told Xi that Russia had prepared a new deal to supply …
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