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Zimbabwe to resume flights from Thursday in boost to tourism
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will resume domestic flights from Thursday and international flights next month in a boost to tourism, but travellers will be required to have COVID-19 clearance certificat...
Sep 08, 2020
Trump to host Israel-United Arab Emirates deal signing ceremony on Sept. 15: senior White House official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a Sept. 15 signing ceremony for the historic diplomatic agreement normalizing relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, a seni...
Sep 08, 2020
French COVID-19 cases and deaths climb again
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in France rose by 6,544 over the last 24 hours to stand at a total of 335,524, said the French health ministry on Tuesday. The number o...
Sep 08, 2020
U.S. slaps sanctions on two former Lebanese ministers over ties to Hezbollah
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday backlisted two former Lebanese ministers, saying they provided material and financial help to Hezbollah in Lebanon, stepping up U.S. action against ...
Sep 08, 2020
Czech government seeks to keep economy running as COVID-19 cases rise
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic is aiming to avoid imposing strict limitations on public life and business to spare its economy another shock, a government official said on Tuesday, despite a ju...
Sep 08, 2020
Positive Covid tests in no-lockdown Sweden hit lowest rate since pandemic began
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden carried out a record number of new coronavirus tests last week with only 1.2% coming back positive, the health agency said on Tuesday, the lowest rate since the pandemic b...
Sep 08, 2020
France postpones foreign, defence minister talks with Russia
PARIS (Reuters) - France has postponed bilateral talks with Russia's foreign and defence ministers originally scheduled for next week, the French government said on Tuesday. "Given the current circums...
Sep 08, 2020
Turkey scales back school reopening amid rise in COVID-19 cases
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey announced on Tuesday it was scaling back plans to reopen schools later this month, with only the youngest pupils beginning classes at first, for up to two days a week. Fatali...
Sep 08, 2020
French Prime Minister Castex has tested negative for COVID – BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus, BFM TV reported on Tuesday, citing Castex's Matignon department. Castex had undergone the COVID-19 test ...
Sep 08, 2020
U.S. House members ask Trump to probe Navalny poisoning, suggest sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee called on President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday to investigate ...
Sep 08, 2020
