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Three-way talks on Blue Nile dam dispute to resume Tuesday
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over a controversial multi-billion dollar dam on the Blue Nile will resume on Tuesday, nearly two months aft...
Oct 26, 2020
Climate activists abseil from bridges, halt Frankfurt rush-hour traffic
BERLIN (Reuters) - Climate activists abseiled from bridges near Germany's financial hub Frankfurt on Monday in protest at the planned expansion of a motorway, causing backed-up traffic on busy roads d...
Oct 26, 2020
EU’s Barnier heads for London for Brexit deal talks
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier is due in London on Monday for talks with Britain to find out whether a deal on future relations can be struck to avoid widespread trade ...
Oct 26, 2020
Tanker operator thanks Britain for storming vessel after stowaways turned hostile
By Henry Nicholls SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) - The operator of an oil tanker stormed in the English Channel by British special forces thanked the authorities on Monday for their timely response, s...
Oct 26, 2020
On the EU’s eastern border, seeking refuge is harder for some
By Alan Charlish and Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has made it easier for Belarusians fleeing political persecution to enter, but for Seda Yunusova, a Chechen who was refused the opportun...
Oct 26, 2020
Air strikes on Syrian rebel camp kill 20 people: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes on a camp in northwest Syria run by rebel fighters backed by Turkey killed at least 20 people on Monday, a war monitor and a rebel source said. The rebel source said Rus...
Oct 26, 2020
Iran reports COVID-19 death every four minutes, extends curbs
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran extended COVID-19 curbs in Tehran and across the country on Monday as health authorities said they were recording a death from the virus every four minutes. Some hospitals had r...
Oct 26, 2020
Kurdish officials say they foiled attack on diplomats in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said on Monday they had foiled a plan to attack foreign diplomats in their autonomous regional capital of Erbil, more than a year after the kil...
Oct 26, 2020
Europe prepares for more pain ahead as COVID surges
By James Mackenzie MILAN (Reuters) - European leaders warned of difficult months ahead as the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic forced authorities to impose new restrictions to try to curb the spread of the...
Oct 26, 2020
‘Please resign,’ Thai opposition tells PM at protest debate
By Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's biggest opposition party called on Monday for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to resign, as parliament opened a specia...
Oct 26, 2020
