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Pakistani police fire teargas at protesters trying to approach French Embassy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police on Friday briefly fired tear gas at protesters who broke through security blockades in Islamabad in a failed attempt to demonstrate at the French Embassy against...
Oct 30, 2020
Kenyan court jails two men for 2013 Westgate mall attack
By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - A court in Kenya sentenced two men on Friday to 18 years in prison for helping al Shabaab gunmen in a 2013 attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall that killed...
Oct 30, 2020
Belarus leader threatens to leave protesters ‘without hands’ as strike rumbles
KYIV (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to leave protesters "without hands" on Friday, sharpening his rhetoric as hundreds marched through the streets and rallied outside un...
Oct 30, 2020
As Algeria heads for constitution vote, enthusiasm in short supply
By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's leaders see Sunday's referendum on a new constitution as a key part of their strategy to move beyond last year's popular unrest, but few people in the st...
Oct 30, 2020
Pope vows to fight corruption but sees it as uphill struggle
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said in an interview published on Friday that he is determined to root out corruption in the Catholic Church but that he is not overly optimist...
Oct 30, 2020
EU urges quick WHO reform, asks for more transparency in pandemics
By Francesco Guarascio and Caroline Copley BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) should be quickly overhauled, get more powers to handle pandemics and expose its member state...
Oct 30, 2020
Germany suggests new EU trade talks with U.S. after elections
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union should try again to reach a trade agreement with Washington after the U.S. election, German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Friday. Both sides...
Oct 30, 2020
At least six killed in landslide in El Salvador, dozens missing
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - At least six people have been killed in a landslide in El Salvador, and around 35 are missing, the government said on Friday. Interior Minister Mario Duran said the situation ...
Oct 30, 2020
Sanctions on Russia to stay whoever wins U.S. vote: Putin ally
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Andrey Kostin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin and the head of Russian state bank VTB, believes that U.S. sanctions on Moscow will stay in place irrespective of how Americans vo...
Oct 30, 2020
Brace for take off: Berlin’s much-delayed airport to open in industry crisis
By Kirsti Knolle BERLIN (Reuters) - After 14 years of construction and six delayed openings, Berlin's new airport is due to welcome its first passengers on Saturday. But the timing could not be worse....
Oct 30, 2020
