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Exclusive: Fearing supply shortfall, EU wants to buy more COVID vaccines – EU sources
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to raise more money to shore up its supplies of potential COVID-19 vaccines after estimating that the number of shots available nex...
Sep 18, 2020
Dozens of Hong Kong people write postcards to fugitives arrested by China
By Carol Mang and Yanni Chow HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of people in Hong Kong braved heavy rain on Friday evening to write postcards to 12 fugitives arrested by China at sea last month to offer com...
Sep 18, 2020
Dutch register 1,972 new coronavirus cases, new 24-hour record – health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - There were 1,972 new coronavirus cases registered by Dutch health authorities in the past 24 hours, according to data published by health authorities on Friday, marking the fourt...
Sep 18, 2020
With tourists slow to return, Egypt’s resorts and ancient sites face tough winter
By Mahmoud Mourad and Nadeen Ebrahim CAIRO (Reuters) - At the Pyramids of Giza, just a handful of tourists walks among the ancient wonders. Twelve people showed up to admire Luxor's towering colonnade...
Sep 18, 2020
Erdogan says Turkey withdrew survey vessel to allow for diplomacy
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed eastern Mediterranean waters to allow for diplomacy with Greece but Turkey's work in the region is not finished, Pres...
Sep 18, 2020
Denmark imposes new restrictions to curb coronavirus spike
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will lower the limit on public gatherings to 50 people from 100 and order bars and restaurants to close early to curb a rise in new COVID-19 infections, Prime Minister M...
Sep 18, 2020
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source Democrat emails link, lawyer says
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if the WikiLeaks founder provided the source for the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails before the 2016 U.S...
Sep 18, 2020
Netherlands prepares case against Syria for ‘gross human rights violations’
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands is preparing a case against Syria at the U.N.'s highest court, seeking to hold the government of President Bashar al-Assad accountable for human rights violations...
Sep 18, 2020
League’s Salvini eyes electoral coup in Italy’s Tuscany
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italy's far-right League leader Matteo Salvini staged rallies across Tuscany on Friday, looking to pull off a potentially stunning electoral victory against the lef...
Sep 18, 2020
French President: response to COVID-19 resurgence must be proportionate
PARIS (Reuters) - France's response to a resurgence in the COVID-19 virus in the country needs to be proportionate, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, as the country battles to contain the viru...
Sep 18, 2020
