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Exclusive: Peru’s interim president eyes new debt amid economic, political crises
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peru is planning to raise new public debt in the short term in order to finance the Andean country's deep fiscal deficit and repay interest on ol...
Nov 20, 2020
Exclusive: Peru’s Sagasti says he will not push for referendum on constitution
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's interim President Francisco Sagasti said he will not push for a referendum on changing the country's constitution to solve a biting politi...
Nov 20, 2020
Biden could help unfreeze Colombian peace talks: ELN rebel leader
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Joe Biden's election as U.S. President could help unfreeze peace talks between Colombia's biggest active rebel group, the Marxist National Liberation Army (ELN), an...
Nov 20, 2020
Black man beaten to death by Carrefour Brasil store security guards
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Carrefour Brasil said on Friday it had terminated the contract of the security firm whose employees had beaten to death a Black man at one of its supermarkets in the southern Bra...
Nov 20, 2020
British PM Johnson urges G20 to do more to combat COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will urge other G20 leaders to take more ambitious action to defeat the coronavirus pandemic and to address climate change at a weekend virtual ...
Nov 20, 2020
Ahead of G20, U.N. chief warns ‘developing world on precipice of financial ruin’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that "the developing world is on the precipice of financial ruin and escalating poverty, hunger and untold...
Nov 20, 2020
Biden aide Blinken voices concern about rights group in Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top adviser to President-elect Joe Biden, who has pledged a renewed U.S. emphasis on human rights, on Friday voiced concern about a prominent Egyptian rights group that said s...
Nov 20, 2020
Coons says hopes for bipartisan U.S. policy to ‘out-compete’ China
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who is seen as a contender for secretary of state in the incoming Biden administration, told Reuters on Friday he hoped to ...
Nov 20, 2020
Portugal approves extension of COVID-19 emergency, fresh measures under discussion
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Friday approved a 15-day extension of a state of emergency from next week to allow continuation of coronavirus measures as the government considers fresh st...
Nov 20, 2020
Get a grip on Brexit talks, UK opposition urges PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson needs to intervene personally in trade talks with the European Union to ensure a deal is reached as the clock ticks down, the opposition Labour ...
Nov 20, 2020
