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TUI cruise ship docks in Piraeus, repeat COVID test for 12 crew negative
ATHENS (Reuters) - A cruise ship carrying about 920 passengers docked at Piraeus port near Athens early on Tuesday and a repeat test for 12 of its crew members was negative for the coronavirus, a Gree...
Sep 29, 2020
Hungary PM calls for resignation of EU Commissioner over ‘derogatory’ remarks
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called for the resignation of European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova over what he described as her "derogatory public statements...
Sep 29, 2020
Thailand to slowly restart tourism with flight from China
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will receive its first foreign vacationers when a flight from China arrives next week, marking the gradual restart of a vit...
Sep 29, 2020
In Vilnius, Macron meets exiled Belarus opposition leader
VILNIUS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron met Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius on Tuesday on the second day of a visit to Baltic countries meant to reassure ...
Sep 29, 2020
Merkel government wants tighter rules for parties to suppress virus
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's government wants to restrict the size of parties to suppress the spread of the coronavirus in Germany, a draft resolution seen by Reuters ahead of a meeting between ...
Sep 29, 2020
Moscow extends school holiday over coronavirus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday that the Russian capital would extend a planned school holiday in October to two weeks in bid to stem the coronavirus. Sobyanin said stu...
Sep 29, 2020
Fighting continues in Nagorno-Karabakh: Azeri defence ministry
BAKU (Reuters) - Fighting has continued overnight between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azeri defence ministry said on Tuesday, in the fiercest round of ...
Sep 29, 2020
Slain South Korean man tried to defect to North Korea: Coast Guard
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The missing South Korean fisheries official killed by North Korean soldiers at sea last week had expressed his willingness to defect to the soldiers, South Korea's Co...
Sep 28, 2020
South Korea on alert over holidays despite slight drop in COVID-19 cases
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea appealed on Tuesday for strict social-distancing despite a slight fall in the number of its new coronavirus cases, with millions of people set to travel f...
Sep 28, 2020
Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa’s low fatality rates from pandemic
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the co...
Sep 28, 2020
