LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Long COVID is less likely to affect vaccinated people than unvaccinated people, a new review of 15 studies by the UK Health Security Agency released on Tuesday has concluded. UKHSA said the people who received two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech PFE.N, BNTX.O, AstraZeneca AZN.Lor Moderna MRNA.O vaccine, or one dose of the single-shot[Read More…]

Feb 14 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to invoke rarely used special measures to end protests that have shut some border crossings and paralyzed downtown Ottawa, sources said on Monday. Read full story The “Freedom Convoy” protests, started on Jan. 28 by Canadian truckers opposing a vaccinate-or-quarantine mandate for cross-border[Read More…]

VATICAN CITY, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Ukraine is open to a Vatican mediation of its conflict with Russia and wants Pope Francis to visit as soon as possible, even in the current situation, Kyiv’s new ambassador to the Holy See said on Monday. Speaking to Reuters in a telephone interview from Kyiv,[Read More…]

VATICAN CITY, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday that war in Ukraine would be “madness” and hoped that tensions between that country and Russia could be overcome through multi-lateral dialog. Speaking at his Wednesday general audience, Francis thanked those who took part in his Jan. 26 international day of prayer for peace in Ukraine. “Let[Read More…]

Feb 9 (Reuters) – Canadian authorities are scrambling to find ways to end the 13-day-long occupation of the national capital’s downtown, hoping a combination of criminal charges, traffic tickets and the prospect of losing access to fuel will end the blockades. The number of protesters in Ottawa against public health[Read More…]