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Bus torched in Ivory Coast as election tensions run high
By Ange Aboa and Loucoumane Coulibaly BONOUA/ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Protesters in Ivory Coast set fire to a bus in Abidjan on Friday after deadly protests earlier in the week against the president's deci...
Aug 14, 2020
Weak inflation presents policy challenge for Brazil central bank: director
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank faces monetary policy challenges ahead, in large part because inflation forecasts and inflation expectations remain below its central target, the bank's Mone...
Aug 14, 2020
Top two democrats in Congress call on U.S. postmaster general to reverse operational changes: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two Democrats in Congress called on the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday to quickly reverse operational changes they say have led to mail delays. "Postmaster Gen...
Aug 14, 2020
Hispanics, African Americans hit hard in U.S. COVID-19 hotspot counties, says CDC
(Reuters) - U.S. coronavirus hotspots had disproportionately high numbers of cases among communities of color, according to an analysis on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 5,228,817 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 5,228,817 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 52,799 cases from its previous count, and said that the ...
Aug 14, 2020
Trump Administration picks McKesson for coronavirus vaccine distribution
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Friday that McKesson Corp would be the central distributor for future coronavirus vaccines, sending the U.S. drug distributor...
Aug 14, 2020
Trump says he would agree to $25 billion for Postal Service if Democrats make concessions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would agree to up to $25 billion in funding for the U.S. Postal Service if Democratic lawmakers make concessions. "Sure, if they gi...
Aug 14, 2020
U.N. chief urges Yemen’s Houthis to grant access to decaying oil tanker
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Yemen's Houthi group to allow an assessment team to travel to a decaying oil tanker that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels ...
Aug 14, 2020
Rockets land near Baghdad airport after week of anti-U.S. attacks
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Three rockets landed in the vicinity of Baghdad airport near a military base in the complex that houses U.S. forces, the Iraqi military said, after one of the busiest w...
Aug 14, 2020
State of collapse: Can Lebanon’s troubled leadership save the country?
By Samia Nakhoul and Ghaida Ghantous BEIRUT (Reuters) - Beirut's seismic explosion propelled the scarred Lebanese capital 30 years back in time with a violence scarcely imaginable even to a country th...
Aug 14, 2020
