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Canada expects to approve new COVID-19 tests soon, government official says
TORONTO (Reuters) - Health Canada expects to authorize new antigen tests for COVID-19 soon, a senior government official said on Tuesday, in an effort to provide additional testing as a second wave of...
Sep 29, 2020
Air leaking from International Space Station but no danger to crew: Roscosmos agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The International Space Station is leaking air in above-normal volumes, but the leak presents no danger to the Russian-American crew, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Tues...
Sep 29, 2020
50 years on, ‘Trial of Chicago 7’ feels all about today
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It may be set in the late 1960s but "The Trial of the Chicago 7," with its themes of protest, civil rights and police brutality, has much to say about America tod...
Sep 29, 2020
Belarus to suspend major online media outlet Tut.by for three months
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus' ministry of information will suspend the major online media outlet Tut.by from Oct. 1 until Dec. 30, it said in a statement on Tuesday. (Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky; writi...
Sep 29, 2020
U.N. chief urges increase in funding for IMF to help pandemic-hit countries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an increase in funding for the International Monetary Fund to enable it to address the needs of countries...
Sep 29, 2020
Germany’s Merkel expects infection rates to rise with colder weather
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel expects the rate of infection spread to rise as the change in weather means more people will spend time inside in the coming months. Speaking after a...
Sep 29, 2020
Nine pilot whales die stranded on Spain’s northern coast
CARRENO, Spain (Reuters) - Nine stranded pilot whales have died on a beach on Spain's northern coast but local authorities and residents managed to help others back at sea, the regional government sai...
Sep 29, 2020
Pandemic could get out of control in certain German regions: Bavarian premier
BERLIN (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic could get out of control in certain regions, making certain concrete rules necessary, Bavarian premier Markus Soeder said on Tuesday. Soeder was speaking at...
Sep 29, 2020
UAE announces candidacy for U.N. Security Council seat
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced its candidacy for a two-year term on the U.N. Security Council in 2022-2023, the state news agency WAM said. The announcement came in a ...
Sep 29, 2020
Extinction Rebellion protester walks runway at Dior in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - A woman holding a banner reading "We are all fashion victims" infiltrated the catwalk at Christian Dior's show in Paris on Tuesday - walking the runway so calmly that it appeared at ...
Sep 29, 2020
