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Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises above 22,000 – health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 118 to 22,044 health ministry spokeswoman told state TV on Friday, with the total number of identified cases spiking to 382,772 S...
Sep 04, 2020
Widespread COVID vaccinations not expected until mid-2021, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization spokeswoman said on Friday it does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID-19 until the middle of next year, stressing the importance of rigorou...
Sep 04, 2020
Thousands rally to support Congo’s threatened Nobel Laureate
By Crispin Kyala BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A city in eastern Congo has rallied in support of Denis Mukwege, the Congolese Nobel Laureate who received death threats in recent wee...
Sep 04, 2020
Italy’s Berlusconi has early stage double pneumonia: ANSA
ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, has been diagnosed with the early stages of double pneumonia, ANSA news agency rep...
Sep 04, 2020
‘Never forgive, never forget’: Scarred survivor haunted by Beirut blast
By Ayat Basma and Charlotte Bruneau BEIRUT (Reuters) - In the days that followed the Beirut port explosion, Shady Rizk played a video he had taken on his phone again and again. Filmed from the balcony...
Sep 04, 2020
Italy’s Berlusconi hospitalised after positive coronavirus test
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hospitalised in Milan for further checks after testing positive for the coronavirus, his Forza Italia party said on Friday. Th...
Sep 04, 2020
Russian investigators to review possibility someone tried to murder Navalny: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Investigative Committee has asked one of its regional branches in Siberia to probe the possibility that someone tried to murder Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the RIA news ...
Sep 04, 2020
22 schools closed in France due to coronavirus: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said on Friday 22 schools were closed in France due to cases of COVID-19. "In mainland France there are currenly 12 schools closed out ...
Sep 04, 2020
Quarantine ‘confusion’ in the UK with different rules for England, Wales and Scotland
LONDON (Reuters) - Travellers to the United Kingdom faced what the transport minister said was confusion on Friday as Wales and Scotland slapped a quarantine on arrivals from Portugal but England and ...
Sep 04, 2020
China’s international schools struggle as teachers, students remain stuck abroad
By Engen Tham and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's international schools are reopening this month but will be short of key elements - teachers and pupils. Schools across the world are grappling...
Sep 04, 2020
