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France reports 8,975 new daily COVID-19 infections, setting a record high
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 8,975 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, setting an all-time high of daily additional infections since the disease started to spread in the...
Sep 04, 2020
‘I am praying’: captain’s texts tell of ordeal of capsized cattle ship
By Karen Lema and Peter Blaza MANILA (Reuters) - The last time Marielle June Chunanon heard from her partner Dante Addug aboard the storm-struck Gulf Livestock 1, he told her he was frightened, and pr...
Sep 04, 2020
Belarus opposition leader calls for U.N. monitoring mission
By Jonathan Landay and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the United Nations on Friday to condemn the crackdown by President Alexan...
Sep 04, 2020
Serbia, Kosovo agreed to normalize economic ties, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, hailing what he called a "major breakthrough" more than a decade after Koso...
Sep 04, 2020
Spike in coronavirus cases in Gaza worries main U.N. aid group
GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza has reported hundreds of coronavirus infections since the first case emerged in the general population last week, and a U.N. aid group warned that a lack of key medical items inc...
Sep 04, 2020
‘Vaccine nationalism will prolong the pandemic’: WHO’s Tedros
GENEVA (Reuters) - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for countries around the world to join forces to tackle the coronavirus on Friday, saying that "vaccine nationalism" would onl...
Sep 04, 2020
EU countries consider a climate target for every decade
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries are considering a new climate target for 2040, to give the bloc an emissions-cutting goal for each decade between now and 2050, when it hop...
Sep 04, 2020
About 10 Malian soldiers killed in militant attack, army says
DAKAR (Reuters) - Around ten Malian soldiers were killed on Thursday in a militant attack near the west-central town of Guire, the army said, the deadliest such attack against the armed forces since a...
Sep 04, 2020
Ecuador mobilizes COVID-19 watchers to contain pandemic in the capital
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean mechanic Darwin Heredia, before opening his Quito garage each morning, sends WhatsApp messages to dozens of neighbors to find out if anyone is showin...
Sep 04, 2020
U.S. blacklists four individuals for Venezuela election interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday blacklisted four individuals for what it said was their help for the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to prevent free and fair parli...
Sep 04, 2020
