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Merkel paid personal visit to Kremlin critic Navalny: spokesman
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a personal visit to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in hospital last week, her spokesman said on Monday. Steffen Seibert confirmed ...
Sep 28, 2020
TUI cruiseliner heads for Piraeus port after crew found positive for coronavirus
ATHENS (Reuters) - A cruise ship carrying about 920 passengers and sailing off the Greek island of Milos was likely to dock at Piraeus port later on Monday after 12 of its crew members were found to b...
Sep 28, 2020
Police in Belarus detained more than 350 people at Sunday’s protests
MINSK (Reuters) - Police in Belarus detained more than 350 people at nationwide protests on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said. Masked police dragged people into vans and fired stun grenades and tear ...
Sep 28, 2020
Frenchman says tattoos cost him kindergarten teaching job
By Lucien Libert PALAISEAU, France (Reuters) - A schoolteacher whose body, face and tongue are covered in tattoos and who has had the whites of his eyes surgically turned black said he was prevented f...
Sep 28, 2020
China’s Communist Party to hold key meeting in late October
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party will hold a key meeting of its top leaders from Oct. 26-29, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday. Formally called a plenum, the normally annual me...
Sep 28, 2020
Merkel says German coronavirus infections could hit 19,200 a day: source
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel told leaders of her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Monday that coronavirus infection rate could hit 19,200 per day in Germany if the current trend continues b...
Sep 28, 2020
Sweden, Finland and Estonia to look at new evidence on 1994 ferry sinking
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Estonia, Sweden and Finland will look into fresh evidence on the sinking of the ferry Estonia, which went down 26 years ago on Monday with the loss of 852 lives in Europe's worst...
Sep 28, 2020
Japan to remove travel ban for ten countries starting in October: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to remove a ban on overseas travels for about 10 countries starting next month, hoping that such a step would prompt other countries to lift travel curbs on the Japanese,...
Sep 28, 2020
Malta to ask for return of shark tooth given to British prince
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta wants back a prehistoric shark tooth that was given as a present to Britain's Prince George by naturalist Sir David Attenborough, saying the fossil should be put on display ...
Sep 28, 2020
Russia’s COVID-19 infections to rise until reaching plateau in October: RIA cites scientist
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in Russia will reach a plateau at the beginning of October before a small decline, the RIA news agency cited a scientific adviser to consume...
Sep 28, 2020
