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West tells Russia to free Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Moscow pushes back
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Western nations told Russia to immediately free detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday, a day after he was detained at a Moscow airport after flying home for the first time since he was poisoned last summer.
Instant view: Moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Monday its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage clinical trial, becoming the second U.S. company in a week to report results that far exceed expectations.
We can stop COVID-19: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope
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Exclusive: Russia focuses on freeze-dried vaccine doses as transport fix
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expects to produce primarily freeze-dried Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine doses by the spring, a top official said, eliminating the need for transport at ultra-low temperatures as part of an ambitious plan to inoculate its population.
Syria's top diplomat Moalem, soft-spoken defender of Assad, dies at 79
AMMAN (Reuters) - ‮Syria's‬ long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, an unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad's bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade old conflict, died on Monday, the government said.
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP): Four astronauts were successfully launched on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station on Sunday (Nov 15), the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring.
UK PM self-quarantining after coronavirus contact
LONDON, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-quarantining after coming into contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, a Downing Street spokesman said in a statement Sunday.
Sandbags and monks in khaki: Russian troops guard Armenian monastery after ceasefire
DADIVANK, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Soldiers unloaded sandbags and monks donned khaki vests over their cassocks on Sunday after Russian peacekeepers arrived to guard the 12th century Armenian Dadivank monastery in territory due to be ceded to Azerbaijan within days.
France confirms 27,228 COVID-19 cases, 302 deaths in one day
PARIS, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- France on Sunday counted a cumulative total of 1,981,827 infections with COVID-19, after 27,228 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, official data showed.
Pro-EU candidate Sandu on course to win Moldova presidential run-off
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova opposition candidate Maia Sandu, who favours closer ties with the European Union, promised to unite the country and tackle corruption as she looked on course to beat pro-Moscow incumbent Igor Dodon in a presidential run-off on Sunday.