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Air Force helicopter hit by gunfire over Virginia, crew member injured
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of the crew of an Air Force helicopter was wounded after the aircraft was struck by a bullet during a flight over a suburban area of Virginia near Washington, D.C., thi...
Aug 12, 2020
Kanye West met with Kushner as rapper eyes 2020 election spot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Entertainer and Trump supporter Kanye West recently met with White House adviser and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, a source familiar with the meeting said on Wednesd...
Aug 12, 2020
Chinese national killed at Zijin mining camp in Congo, company says
(Reuters) - A Chinese national was killed during an attack on a mining camp run by Zijin Mining Group Co in the early hours of Tuesday in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, a report on the company...
Aug 12, 2020
Killing of Cameroonian woman by alleged separatists sparks outcry
DOUALA (Reuters) - Human rights activists on Wednesday condemned the killing of a young woman in Cameroon's Anglophone regions after a video of alleged separatist rebels slitting her throat drew outra...
Aug 12, 2020
State Department watchdog finds fault in conduct of U.S. Ambassador to Britain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson has made insensitive and inappropriate comments during his tenure, including about race, religion and sex, the State Department's inspec...
Aug 12, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 5,119,711 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 5,119,711 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 55,540 cases from its previous count, and said that the numbe...
Aug 12, 2020
Southwest Airlines among three carriers with investment grade rating: S&P Global
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co , Ryanair Holdings Plc and easyJet Plc are the only three airlines whose bonds are still rated investment grade, S&P Global Ratings said, while estimating a drop of u...
Aug 12, 2020
Ontario projects record budget deficit as COVID-19 economic support climbs
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and economic engine, projected on Wednesday its budget deficit would widen to a record C$38.5 billion ($29.09 billion) in 2...
Aug 12, 2020
Turkish schools to begin reopening on September 21: education minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish schools will start to reopen on Sept. 21 in a gradual transition to in-person education, the country's Education Minister Ziya Selcuk said on Wednesday, delaying the reope...
Aug 12, 2020
Turkish board proposes schools stay closed for another month: minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's science board recommended on Wednesday that education in schools should not begin for at least one more month, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, after the board met to...
Aug 12, 2020
