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Russia detains serviceman and his brother for passing state secrets to Estonia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had detained a serviceman and his brother in the country's west for having allegedly passed state secrets to Estonia. A cr...
Oct 06, 2020
UAE surpasses 100,000 coronavirus infections
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates, with a population of around 9.9 million people, surpassed 100,000 recorded cases of COVID-19 infection on Tuesday. The UAE, whose tally stands at 100,794 in...
Oct 06, 2020
Erdogan tells Merkel EU summit resolution was not enough: Ankara
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that last week's European Union summit decisions were not sufficient to overcome problems in relations betwee...
Oct 06, 2020
Channeling ‘anger into art’, artists in Beirut process blast
By Ayat Basma and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - On the day of the Beirut explosion two months ago, 54-year-old Nabil Debs was busy planning the opening of his boutique hotel which had been in the wor...
Oct 06, 2020
UK’s Johnson: COVID-19 has not robbed me of my mojo
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said speculation that he was still suffering from the effects of coronavirus was "drivel" pushed by his Brexit opponents. "I've heard a lot of n...
Oct 06, 2020
Britain’s Johnson says he was too fat when fighting COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was too fat when he became gravely ill with COVID-19 and that he has since lost 26 pounds (11.79 kg). "I have to admit the reason I had ...
Oct 06, 2020
Malaysia to impose targeted lockdowns to halt infections surge
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Tuesday said targeted lockdowns would be imposed in areas with high rates of coronavirus infections, as the country grapples with...
Oct 06, 2020
Swiss report 700 new coronavirus cases in a day
ZURICH (Reuters) - The number of coronavirus infections rose by 700 in a day, data from Switzerland's public health agency showed on Tuesday. It reported a total of 56,632 confirmed cases, up from 55,...
Oct 06, 2020
Greece says onus on Turkey to ease tensions
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece welcomes moves by Turkey to de-escalate recent tensions in the east Mediterranean, its prime minister said on Tuesday, but Ankara needs to show a firmer commitment to improvi...
Oct 06, 2020
Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Britain's Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and U.S. scientist Andrea Ghez won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenome...
Oct 06, 2020
