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Russia’s Lavrov lands in Syria for talks with Assad: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad and Syria's foreign minister, the RIA news agency reported. Russia is a...
Sep 07, 2020
Afghan negotiators wait in Kabul as start of peace talks faces delays: sources
By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan negotiators have pushed back a planned trip to Doha for long-awaited peace talks with the Taliban as logistical issues are still being worked on in the Qatari...
Sep 07, 2020
Exclusive: EU to blacklist 31 Belarus senior officials over election, diplomats say
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union aims to impose economic sanctions on 31 senior Belarus officials including the country's interior minister by mid-September, three EU diplomats ...
Sep 07, 2020
Rise in UK COVID-19 ‘concerning’ but not out of control: Hancock
LONDON (Reuters) - The rise in COVID-19 infections in Britain is "concerning", Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday, but he added that the government was still in control of the pandemic. The ...
Sep 07, 2020
Belarusian protest leader detained by unidentified people: Tut.By media report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Unidentified people detained Belarusian protest leader Maria Kolesnikova in central Minsk on Monday and drove her off in a minivan, the Belarusian Tut.By media outlet cited a witnes...
Sep 07, 2020
Indonesia reports 2,880 new coronavirus cases, 105 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,880 new coronavirus infections and 105 more coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, data issued by the country's COVID-19 task force showed. It was the lowest ri...
Sep 07, 2020
Belarus says police detained 633 protesters on Sunday
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian police detained 633 people at protests across the country on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Authorities have launched a crackdown on mass demonstratio...
Sep 07, 2020
Singapore reports fewest daily COVID-19 cases in nearly six months
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry reported 22 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the city-state's lowest daily count since mid-March. (Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan; Editing by Martin Pet...
Sep 07, 2020
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi pulls out of first election trip over coronavirus
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi pulled out of the first event of her election campaign on Monday, citing a worsening outbreak of the novel coronavheirus in the country. The Southeas...
Sep 07, 2020
Japan says it offered Mauritius ‘unprecedented’ support, including financial
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has told Mauritius it would offer support on an "unprecedented scale", Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday, after a Japanese-owned ship struck a coral reef off th...
Sep 07, 2020
