China reports huge rise in COVID-related deaths after data criticism

By Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Saturday nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a huge increase from previously reported figures that follows global criticism of the country’s coronavirus data. In early December, Beijing abruptly dismantled its strict three-year anti-virus regime of frequent …

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WHO says its chief spoke with Chinese officials, welcomes COVID-19 data

ZURICH (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s head has spoken with Chinese authorities and the agency welcomed new information about the situation in the country, WHO said on Saturday after Beijing released new data showing a big jump in COVID-19-related deaths. Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke with Ma Xiaowei, director of China’s National Health …

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Girl, 7, seriously hurt and others injured in shooting near London church

LONDON (Reuters) – A seven-year-old girl was left with life-threatening injuries after she and five others, including another child, were hurt in a drive-by shooting on Saturday near a church in London where a funeral was taking place, British police said. Detectives said the girl had been taken to hospital and remained in a life-threatening …

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Abogado de Biden encuentra otras cinco páginas clasificadas en la casa del presidente en Delaware

Por Steve Holland y Kanishka Singh 14 ene (Reuters) – El abogado del presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, dijo que el jueves se descubrieron cinco páginas adicionales con marcas clasificadas en la casa del presidente en Wilmington, Delaware, y que fueron entregadas inmediatamente a funcionarios del Departamento de Justicia. El abogado especial de Biden, …

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U.S. FDA, CDC see early signal of possible Pfizer bivalent COVID shot link to stroke

(This Jan. 13 story has been refiled with edited headline to clarify that the link to a stroke is possible, not definite) (Reuters) – A safety monitoring system flagged that U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech’s updated COVID-19 shot could be linked to a type of brain stroke in older adults, according to …

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Iran executes British-Iranian accused of spying, prompts Western condemnation

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Iran has executed a British-Iranian national who once served as its deputy defence minister, its judiciary said, defying calls from London and Washington for his release after he was handed the death sentence on charges of spying for Britain. Britain, which had declared the case against Alireza Akbari politically motivated, condemned the …

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Thousands of teachers take to Lisbon streets to demand higher wages

By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – In a fresh blow to Portugal’s government, tens of thousands of Portuguese teachers and school staff poured into the streets of the capital Lisbon to demand higher wages and better working conditions in one of the biggest protests of recent years. During the peaceful demonstration, organised …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: Russian missile attacks disrupt power in Kyiv, Kharkiv regions

(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russian missile attacks on Saturday struck energy targets, causing new disruptions in energy supplies, particularly in Kyiv and Kharkiv regions. “Unfortunately, there were hits on energy infrastructure,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. “In this connection, the most difficult situation is in Kharkiv region and …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy appeals for more Western weapons after Russia attack

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russian attacks on civilian targets could be stopped only if Ukraine’s Western partners supplied necessary weapons. “What is needed for this? Those weapons which are in the depots of our partners and which our soldiers are waiting for so much,” Zelenskiy said in his …

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