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French hospitals will feel impact of accelerating infections in two weeks: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French hospitals cannot avoid the impact of the rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic, the health minister said on Saturday. The spread of the virus in France has accelerated rapidl...
Oct 24, 2020
Nigerian police mobilize to quell worst unrest in two decades
By Felix Onuah and Angela Ukomadu ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's police chief ordered the immediate mobilisation of all force resources on Saturday to try to control the worst street violence in tw...
Oct 24, 2020
Major fire erupts in northern French port Le Havre: police
PARIS (Reuters) - A major fire broke out on Saturday in an abandoned building in the large northern French port city of Le Havre, police said. In a statement on Twitter, police said there clouds of sm...
Oct 24, 2020
At least 13 killed in suicide bombing at Kabul education centre
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed in a suicide bombing at an education centre in Kabul on Saturday, Afghan officials said. Saeed Jami, a health ministry spokesman,...
Oct 24, 2020
Brussels edges towards lockdown as Belgian COVID-19 cases hit record high
By Kate Abnett and Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Sport and cultural facilities in Brussels must close and residents will face a longer curfew from Monday, the regional government said on Saturda...
Oct 24, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan says Macron ‘needs treatment’ over attitude to Muslims
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan launched a fresh attack on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, saying he needed mental treatment over his attitude towards Muslims...
Oct 24, 2020
France deports Bosnians who shaved daughter’s hair over love affair
PARIS (Reuters) - France has expelled a Bosnian family who had beaten and shaved the hair of an adolescent girl who wanted to marry a young Serbian man, the interior ministry said in a statement. The ...
Oct 24, 2020
Iran’s leader urges penalties for COVID offenders
(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Saturday for strict punishments for violators of COVID-19 restrictions as the Middle East's hardest-hit nation battled a third wave. ...
Oct 24, 2020
Five children killed in attack on Cameroonian school, say officials
DOUALA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed five children and badly wounded about nine others when they opened fire in a school in the city of Kumba in Cameroon's Southwest region on Saturday, officials told Reu...
Oct 24, 2020
Irish PM confident on Brexit, believes British PM wants deal
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister said on Saturday he thinks Britain and the European Union will strike a post-Brexit trade deal and that the resumption of talks this week is a good sign des...
Oct 24, 2020
