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Paint it black: UK postboxes change colour to honour Black Britons
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Four of Britain's distinctive red postboxes have been painted black and gold and adorned with images by or of illustrious Black Britons, in a novel way of celebra...
Sep 30, 2020
Spain seizes 30 tonnes of hashish hidden in sailing boats
LAS PALMAS, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish authorities have seized about 30 tonnes of hashish hidden in four sailing boats, in their biggest drug bust at sea, local authorities said on Wednesday. Nine Bulg...
Sep 30, 2020
Ukraine investigating death of U.S. embassy employee
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian police said on Wednesday an employee of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine had died after an assault in Kyiv and that they were looking for a male suspect in the case. "The unconsc...
Sep 30, 2020
Spain’s Ibiza under partial lockdown after contagion spreads
MADRID (Reuters) - The town of Ibiza will go into partial lockdown from Friday after the coronavirus contagion has spread quickly there in the past weeks, the Balearic Island region said in a statemen...
Sep 30, 2020
Czech government announces state of emergency from Monday to curb COVID-19
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government said on its Twitter account on Wednesday it would declare a state of emergency from next Monday, a move that will allow it to curb the size of public events and...
Sep 30, 2020
Turkey touts past maritime conquests ahead of talks on Mediterranean dispute
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - As Turkey and Greece prepare for talks to calm a bitter maritime dispute, Ankara released a video this week glorifying a 16th century naval victory which led to th...
Sep 30, 2020
Second tanker carrying Iranian fuel reaches Venezuelan waters -data
(Reuters) - The second of a group of three Iranian tankers entered Venezuelan waters on Wednesday, carrying fuel for the gasoline-starved nation, which is struggling under a collapsing oil industry an...
Sep 30, 2020
Turkey expects concrete steps from EU summit: foreign minister
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey expects concrete steps to be taken at a European Union summit on Oct. 1-2 regarding issues including the updating of a 2016 migrant deal and customs union with the bloc, as w...
Sep 30, 2020
Japanese court opens government and TEPCO to further Fukushima claims
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese appeal court on Wednesday ruled that the state and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) could have taken steps to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ...
Sep 30, 2020
Libyan rivals agree to further military talks, U.N. says
TUNIS (Reuters) - Libya's warring sides have agreed to resume military talks next week after meeting in Egypt, the United Nations mission said, adding it hoped the step would pave the way towards a la...
Sep 30, 2020
