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After McCarrick report, pope vows to ‘uproot evil’ of clerical sexual abuse
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in his first public comment after the release of a damning report on the Vatican's mishandling of the case of ex-U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, on Wednesday a...
Nov 11, 2020
Russia says its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine is 92% effective
By Polina Ivanova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim trial results, the country's sovereign wealth fund said on Wedn...
Nov 11, 2020
Syria’s Assad says U.S. pressure, sanctions obstructing return of refugees
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Wednesday blamed U.S. sanctions and pressure on the United Nations and the country's neighbours for the reticence of more than 5 million refugees ...
Nov 11, 2020
U.N. urges Mozambique to investigate reported massacres, beheadings
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The United Nations called on Mozambique to investigate reports that militants had massacred villagers and beheaded women and children in a restive northern region. As many as ...
Nov 11, 2020
Myanmar opposition party says it will not recognise election
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-backed opposition party said on Wednesday it would not recognise an election held earlier this week and urged authorities to hold another vote. The Union Solidari...
Nov 11, 2020
Bahrain prime minister has died, royal palace says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa has died, the royal palace announced on Wednesday on Twitter. (Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Alex Richardson...
Nov 11, 2020
Hungary government proposes gay adoption ban as COVID-19 worsens
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's right-wing government has drafted legislation that would practically ban adoption by same-sex couples in what rights groups said was an attack on the L...
Nov 11, 2020
China urges U.S. to stop elevating relations with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday urged the United States to stop elevating ties with Taiwan, after Washington and Taipei announced they would hold economic talks this month. M...
Nov 11, 2020
Philippines extends termination proceedings of U.S. troop deal
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has suspended for the second time its decision to scrap a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, its foreign ministry said on Wednesd...
Nov 11, 2020
Japan’s ‘Jo Baiden’ feels affinity to U.S. president-elect
TOKYO (Reuters) - Meet Japan's Joe Biden - the mayor of a remote town who's become an internet sensation for having a name that can be pronounced the same as that of the U.S. president-elect. Yutaka U...
Nov 11, 2020
