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Elsa slows between Haiti and Jamaica after winds cause 2 deaths in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, July 3 (Reuters) - Two people in the Dominican Republic were killed on Saturday, when a wall collapsed due to heavy winds brought on by Elsa, officials said,…

Photo Story: Easter Vigil of Holy Saturday in the Dominican Republic

A girl participates in the Easter Vigil in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Photo: EPA-EFE/Orlando Barria

More tourist deaths reported at Dominican Republic resorts

Dominican authorities have asked the FBI for assistance investigating the mysterious deaths of three Americans-Miranda Schaup-Werner, 41, and of a couple, Nathaniel Edward Holmes and Cynthia Ann Day -…

U.S. Republican report says coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab; scientists still probing origins

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19...

We need to get the travel industry moving again, UK PM Johnson says

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he wanted to get...

Germany to offer booster against COVID-19, vaccines for children

BERLIN, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Germany will in September start to offer a booster shot against COVID-19 ...

Russia says U.S. asked 24 of its diplomats to leave by Sept. 3

MOSCOW, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to the United States said Washington had asked 24 Rus...

Britain may toughen summer travel rules for Spain – The Times

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government plans to warn holidaymakers against visiting popular tour...

New peace envoy gets hostile reception from Bosnian Serb leaders

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - German politician Christian Schmidt took up the post of Bosnia's international...

Malta: Women in long-term unemployment increase by 10 per cent

The overall rate of unemployment among women fell from 1,698 in June 2020 to 569 in the same month t...

Fauci says he expects no new U.S. lockdowns despite surging Delta cases

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday ...

UK says ‘highly likely’ Iran attacked tanker off Oman

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Sunday said it believed Iran carried out an attack on an Israeli-mana...

Belarus athlete ‘safe and secure’ in Tokyo as Poland, Czech offer visas

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Karolos Grohmann and Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A Bela...