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Saudi-led coalition intercepts explosive-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis: state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it intercepted an explosive-laden drone over the Yemeni airspace launched by Yemen's Houthis towards the kingdom, state TV reported. The coa...
Oct 07, 2020
Exclusive: Qatar makes formal request for F-35 jets – sources
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qatar has submitted a formal request to the United States to buy stealthy F-35 fighter jets, three people familiar with the deal said, in a deal that if pursued co...
Oct 07, 2020
Brazil nears 5 million COVID-19 cases, epidemiologist fears second wave
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil approached the mark of 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as it approached 150,000 deaths in the second most deathly coronavirus outbreak outside the United St...
Oct 07, 2020
French president Macron announces new COVID-19 restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron says there will be new restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country reported a new all-time high, at almost 19,000, of new infection...
Oct 07, 2020
Two UK prisoners convicted of trying to murder jailer after terrorism probe
(Reuters) - Two inmates of a British jail who tried to murder a prison officer while wearing makeshift suicide-bomb belts have been convicted after an investigation by anti-terrorist police. Armed wit...
Oct 07, 2020
France reports new all time high of new COVID-19 cases, at almost 19,000
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 18,746 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over 24 hours on Wednesday, a new all-time daily high, and almost double of Tuesday's tally of 10,489. The numb...
Oct 07, 2020
Eighteen Burkinabe nationals die in Ivory Coast bus crash
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Eighteen Burkinabe nationals died when a bus they were travelling in crashed near the town of Bouake in central Ivory Coast on Wednesday morning, Burkina Faso's government said...
Oct 07, 2020
France COVID-19 hospitalisations at a three-month high
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities said on Tuesday more than 7,500 patients were treated in hospital for COVID-19 disease, marking a three-months high and an increase of more than 65% versus ...
Oct 07, 2020
Germany adds Georgia, Jordan, Romania, Tunisia to corona risk list
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany declared the whole of Georgia, Jordan, Romania and Tunisia to be coronavirus risk regions, meaning returnees from there will have to enter quarantine pending a negative coro...
Oct 07, 2020
Ireland’s top doctor says acceleration of COVID-19 ‘very worrying’
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Leading Irish health officials on Wednesday warned that all indicators of the spread of COVID-19 are deteriorating and that a surge in hospitalisations could become a very significa...
Oct 07, 2020
