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(Update 2: Adds India’s expulsion of Canadian diplomat, changes lede, minor edits) New Delhi/Toronto, Sep 19 (EFE).- Canadian authorities are investigating “credible allegations” that could link the Indian government to the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told lawmakers. In response, India on Tuesday dismissed the claims as “absurd” …
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/INDIA (UPDATE 1, PIX):UPDATE 1-COVID spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000
26 Feb 2021 / 05:02 H. (Adds India and Russia, and Palestinian background) By Rami Ayyub, Stephen Farrell and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Israel has frozen its programme to send COVID-19 vaccines abroad to buy international goodwill, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday, after the initiative came under legal scrutiny. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under fire for donating COVID-19 vaccines to foreign allies, while Palestinians complained that, as an occupying power, Israel should be supplying more to them. Israeli public broadcaster Kan, which earlier t...
21 Dec 2020 / 18:43 H. * New UK strain is up to 70% more infectious * UK strain detected in 2 travellers to Australia * Japan, India, S.Korea monitoring situation * Thailand ramps up testing, Sydney cancels some domestic flights (Adds India flight ban in paragraph 7) By Sayantani Ghosh SINGAPORE, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday it had detected cases of the new fast-spreading coronavirus strain identified in the United Kingdom, while Hong Kong and India said they would suspend flights from Britain. Two travellers from the United Kingdom to Australia's New South Wales state were fo...