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Singapore to trial business traveller pass as virus curbs ease
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will pilot a new travel pass for senior executives in the city-state who need to travel regularly for business, authorities said Wednesday, as they further eased some c...
Sep 23, 2020
Russian navy vessel, container ship collide in Danish waters
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Russian navy vessel collided with a Swiss-owned container ship in Danish waters on Wednesday near the Oresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden, Danish defence authorities tol...
Sep 23, 2020
Violence mounts against Iraqi doctors as COVID cases spike
By Amina Ismail NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi doctor Tariq Al-Sheibani remembers little else beyond cowering on the ground as a dozen relatives of a patient, who had just died of COVID-19, beat him un...
Sep 23, 2020
Pandemic slashes worldwide income from work by a tenth: ILO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Income earned from work worldwide dropped by an estimated 10.7%, or $3.5 trillion, in the first nine months of 2020, compared to the same period a year ago, the...
Sep 23, 2020
Explainer: What happens next with UK plan to breach Brexit divorce treaty?
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is winning his parliamentary battle to pass laws that could allow him to tear up parts of Britain's EU exit treaty, despite a warning f...
Sep 23, 2020
UK concert hall sheds name of slave trader whose statue was toppled
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A concert hall in the English city of Bristol that was named after 17th century slave trader Edward Colston has renamed itself the Bristol Beacon saying the long-...
Sep 23, 2020
Judge under fire from Swiss right-wing party wins re-election
By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss parliament re-elected supreme court judge Yves Donzallaz on Wednesday after attempts by his right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) to oust him triggered...
Sep 23, 2020
Divided Europe seeks to overhaul defunct migration policies
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive proposed on Wednesday overhauling the bloc's broken migration and asylum rules, seeking to end years of feuds and bitterness o...
Sep 23, 2020
Explainer: Malaysia’s political maneuvering, next episode
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A year of Malaysian political maneuvering has taken another turn with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim saying he now has enough support in parliament to be able to form a gover...
Sep 23, 2020
EU-bound trucks from UK could face two-day delays after Brexit, Britain says
LONDON (Reuters) - British trucks could face delays of up to two days to enter Europe and queues of around 7,000 lorries after Britain leaves the bloc at the end of this year, disrupting imports and e...
Sep 23, 2020
