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WHO says $700 million raised so far for COVID-19 vaccines initiative for poor
HARARE (Reuters) - International donors have raised $700 million - less than half the target - to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure eventual vacc...
Sep 10, 2020
Seven dead in Colombian protests against police brutality
By Luis Jaime Acosta and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Seven people were killed in Colombian capital Bogota and satellite city Soacha overnight in protests against police brutality, sparked by ...
Sep 10, 2020
Would-be Merkel successor Laschet faces early election test
BERLIN (Reuters) - German conservative Armin Laschet faces an early test in his quest to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel with local elections on Sunday in his western state of North Rhine-Westphalia,...
Sep 10, 2020
Croatia’s bar, restaurant owners halt work to seek help over coronavirus crisis
ZAGREB (Reuters) - About 400 owners of bars and restaurants in Croatia's northern Adriatic halted work for an hour on Thursday in an appeal to the authorities to help them survive the coming months as...
Sep 10, 2020
Norway may have to tighten COVID-19 restrictions, PM says
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway is going to stop easing coronavirus curbs for the moment and could be forced to bring back tougher measures following a recent rise in the number of cases, Prime Minister Erna ...
Sep 10, 2020
Suspected Islamists kill at least 20 in eastern Congo
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants have killed more than 20 people during attacks on two villages in eastern Congo, the government said on Thursday, the latest...
Sep 10, 2020
Marseille’s hospitals back on crisis footing as coronavirus spreads again in France
By Eric Gaillard and Richard Lough MARSEILLE/PARIS (Reuters) - Each day this week, Professor Dominique Rossi has convened a coronavirus crisis group as intensive care wards in hospitals in Marseille f...
Sep 10, 2020
EU lawmakers suspend Myanmar’s Suu Kyi from rights prize events
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will no longer be invited to events of the European Parliament's human rights prize, which she won in 1990, EU lawmakers said on Thursday, a protes...
Sep 10, 2020
Rocket hits perimeter of Baghdad international airport, no casualties
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A Katyusha rocket fell in the vicinity of Baghdad airport but caused no casualties, Iraq state news agency INA said on Thursday, the second such attack on the airport this week. On...
Sep 10, 2020
Paris police bans planned weekend ‘Yellow Vests’ protest
PARIS (Reuters) - Police have banned a planned demonstration in Paris by the "Yellow Vests" anti-government movement this weekend, on the grounds it could result in public disorder. In a statement on ...
Sep 10, 2020
