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Mexico reports 5,931 new coronavirus cases, 551 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry on Friday reported 5,931 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 551 additional fatalities, bringing the country's total to 955,128 cases and ...
Nov 06, 2020
U.N. panel urges Iran to speed investigation of downed jet
(Reuters) - A governing panel at the United Nations' aviation agency urged Iran on Friday to accelerate an investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January, while an Iranian official ...
Nov 06, 2020
Argentina ‘could receive’ 750,000 doses of eventual Pfizer vaccine: Fernandez
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday his country could receive 750,000 doses of an eventual coronavirus vaccine from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer ...
Nov 06, 2020
Brazil’s COVID-19 deaths pass 162,000, with 5.6 million cases: ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 18,862 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 279 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Friday. The South Americ...
Nov 06, 2020
Iraqi forces kill protester, wound 40 in southern Basra: security, rights sources
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces killed at least one anti-government protester using live gunfire and wounded at least 40 others in the southern city of Basra on Friday, security sources ...
Nov 06, 2020
France registers record 60,486 new coronavirus cases
PARIS (Reuters) - France registered a record 60,486 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after posting a record 58,046 on Thursday, health ministry data showed. The ministry also reported 828 ne...
Nov 06, 2020
Ivory Coast opposition leaders face prison for forming rival government: prosecutor
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Opposition candidates in Ivory Coast's election face charges of terrorism and up to life in prison for denouncing the vote and creating a rival government after President Alassane'...
Nov 06, 2020
In Evo’s shadow, Bolivia’s new president Luis Arce promises moderate socialism
By Marcelo Rochabrun and Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) - Luis Arce, a quiet economist who will be sworn in as Bolivia's president on Sunday after a landslide election win, knew where he stood in the p...
Nov 06, 2020
Portuguese lawmakers approve COVID-19 state of emergency
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament approved a new state of emergency starting on Monday to fight the spread of the coronavirus that has put the healthcare system under pressure. The initial stat...
Nov 06, 2020
Tunisia will accept deportees from France if judicial rights are guaranteed
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia will accept all Tunisian migrants deported from France following the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice as long as all judicial appeals have been exhausted, its interior min...
Nov 06, 2020
