By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Around 155,000 British homes were still without power late on Saturday after Storm Eunice knocked more than 1.3 million households off the grid the day before, energy companies said. The fierce Atlantic storm brought record winds of up to 122 mph (196 kph) to Britain, killing three people and causing …
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By Sabine Siebold and Matthias Williams MUNICH/KYIV (Reuters) -Reports that Ukraine has been shelling regions controlled by Moscow-backed separatists and inside the Russian border are “pure lies”, Ukraine’s president said on Saturday, adding that his country would not respond to provocations. President Voldymyr Zelenskiy was addressing senior Western security officials at the annual Munich Security …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is giving COVID-19 booster vaccines using technologies different from the initial injections, in an effort to improve immunisation strategies amid concerns that its most-used jabs appeared to be weaker against variants such as Omicron. Boosting population immunity could be crucial to preparing China to eventually reopen its borders and pivot from …
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By Polina Nikolskaya DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was set to oversee exercises by strategic nuclear missile forces on Saturday as Western leaders gathered in Munich, fearful that he could order troops massed on Ukraine’s border to invade at any time. Russian-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declared a full military mobilisation, a …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Chinese navy vessel directed a laser at an Australian military aircraft in flight over Australia’s northern approaches, illuminating the plane and potentially endangering lives, Australia’s defence said on Saturday. A P-8A Poseidon – a maritime patrol aircraft – detected a laser emanating from a People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLA-N) vessel, …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s powerful UGTT labour union on Saturday re-elected Noureddine Taboubi as its leader as it approaches a critical national turning point in which it may play a pivotal role. Taboubi, who has been UGTT leader for five years, has taken a cautious stance during the turbulent months since President Kais Saied seized …
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By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – China would back Russia diplomatically and perhaps economically if it invades Ukraine, worsening Beijing’s already strained relations with the West, but would stop short of providing military support, experts said. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Russia’s Vladimir Putin had decided to invade Ukraine within days, …
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By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) -Organisers scrambled to reorganise the Alpine mixed team parallel race for the final day of the Beijing Olympics after high winds on Saturday forced the competition to be postponed. Team officials and organisers agreed to hold the event, which is only its second edition, on Sunday at 9 a.m. …
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By Lefteris Papadimas and Angelo Amante CORFU, Greece, (Reuters) -Nine passengers were missing after a blaze engulfed a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy early on Friday and firefighters battled to rescue people trapped on the ship, authorities said. A total of 240 passengers and 51 crew were on board the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia when …
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(Reuters) – Australia recorded 43 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, as it readies to welcome international tourists on Monday for the first time in nearly two years. The country, which shut its borders in March of 2020, has been gradually reopening since November, allowing first Australians to travel, then international students and workers, and now leisure …
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