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Brazil registers 15,155 new coronavirus cases
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 15,115 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, totalling 4,345,610, the health ministry said. Deaths rose by 381 to 131,625. (Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; Editi...
Sep 14, 2020
Britain’s government defeats Labour attempt to block bill
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government defeated an attempt by the main opposition Labour Party on Monday to block a bill that ministers have acknowledged would breach parts of a divorce deal signed w...
Sep 14, 2020
COVID-19 referendum vote ‘no riskier than going to supermarket’: Chilean poll chief
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean citizens planning to vote in a referendum on a new constitution next month will be at no greater risk of contracting coronavirus at the ballot ...
Sep 14, 2020
Peru’s Vizcarra blames lies, betrayal for turmoil as government sues to block impeachment
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Martn Vizcarra on Monday said that "delusional lies" are at the heart of the political turmoil the Andean copper-producing country is experiencing a...
Sep 14, 2020
Ivory Coast President Ouattara can run for third term: Constitutional Council
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council has ruled that President Alassane Ouattara is eligible to run for a third term in the Oct. 31 presidential election, it said on Monday. The cou...
Sep 14, 2020
Afghanistan’s official delegation and Taliban to hold first direct session on Tuesday – Al Jazeera TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - Afghanistan's official delegation and the Taliban movement will hold their first direct session on Tuesday in Doha, Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera TV said on Monday, citing its reporter. Ta...
Sep 14, 2020
Venezuela charges detained U.S. ‘spy’ with terrorism, weapons trafficking
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's chief prosecutor Tarek Saab on Monday announced charges of terrorism and weapons trafficking against an alleged U.S. "spy" who was detained last week in the South Ameri...
Sep 14, 2020
U.S. State Department eases China travel advisory for Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday it had eased a travel advisory for Americans considering travel to China or Hong Kong from "Do Not Travel" to "Reconsider Travel." The S...
Sep 14, 2020
Pope gives green light for extension of accord with Beijing
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has signed off on a two-year extension of a deal with China on the appointment of bishops that critics have condemned as a sell-out to the comm...
Sep 14, 2020
Israel normalisation protects Bahrain’s interests, says interior minister
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain's interior minister said on Monday that normalising ties with Israel protects Bahrain's interests and strengthens its strategic partnership with the United States, amid an on...
Sep 14, 2020
