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Czech PM Babis says epidemiologist Prymula to be named new health minister
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Monday that epidemiologist Roman Prymula will be the new health minister in his government. Prymula will replace his former boss, Adam Vojt...
Sep 21, 2020
Bulgarian court jails two men for life for 2012 bus bombing
SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian court sentenced two men to life imprisonment without parole on Monday over a 2012 bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver at a Black Sea airp...
Sep 21, 2020
Lebanese PM urges efforts to make French initiative succeed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's prime minister-designate on Monday called for cooperation from all sides in the formation of a new government and for efforts to secure the immediate success of a French i...
Sep 21, 2020
Rio Tinto has not formally committed to review threatened sites, Aboriginal group says
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Mining giant Rio Tinto has not formally committed to review the terms of an iron ore mine development that would let it destroy 124 culturally significant sites, a group represen...
Sep 21, 2020
UK can keep schools open, health secretary says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday that he wanted schools to remain open and avoid a return to mass home schooling, as the government was considering new measures ...
Sep 21, 2020
Christian pastor, soldier shot dead in Indonesia’s Papua
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A soldier and a Christian pastor have been shot dead in separate incidents at the weekend in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua, amid a flare-up in tensions between security f...
Sep 21, 2020
Lithuania, Poland and Romania to ask EU leaders to offer trade, visa-free travel to Belarus
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The presidents of Lithuania, Poland and Romania will ask European Union leaders at a summit later this week to offer a support package for Belarus if the country holds a democratic...
Sep 21, 2020
Around 270 whales stranded on sandbar off Australia’s Tasmania
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Marine biologists were planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Monday. Government scientists...
Sep 21, 2020
Deep divisions as Afghan negotiators get down to details
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government and Taliban militants remain far apart on even the most basic issues a week into talks meant to end two decades of war t...
Sep 21, 2020
Botswana says cyanobacteria cause of mysterious elephant deaths
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana wildlife officials said on Monday that cyanobacteria was the cause of a spate of mysterious elephant deaths this year that had alarmed conservationists. Cyril Taolo, depu...
Sep 21, 2020
