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Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Katyusha rockets fell near Baghdad airport on Sunday but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said, the third such attack on sensitive sites in the capital this week. On Satu...
Aug 30, 2020
Lebanon’s Bassil says FPM will nominate Adib as next PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's largest Christian bloc, the Free Patriotic Movement, will nominate the Lebanese ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib as the country's next prime minister, party leader Gebr...
Aug 30, 2020
Lebanon’s Future Movement to nominate ambassador Adib as PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Future Movement led by Lebanon's main Sunni politician Saad al-Hariri will nominate Lebanese ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib to be prime minister in formal consultations on ...
Aug 30, 2020
A digital dance-off spreads from Argentina to the world
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - With theaters closed around the world, three South American dancers have created a digital dance-off for aspiring twirlers, with Instagram the new stage where ...
Aug 30, 2020
Zante flight to Cardiff told to self isolate after COVID cases found
LONDON (Reuters) - Passengers who were on a flight from Zante on the Greek island of Zakynthos to Cardiff in Wales last week have been told to isolate after it was identified as the source of at least...
Aug 30, 2020
Brazil tourist spot Fernando de Noronha bets on COVID-19 immunity in novel strategy
By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago 220 miles (354 km) off Brazil's northeastern coast famous for abundant sea life, pristine beaches and dramatic mountains...
Aug 30, 2020
Statue of Canada’s first prime minister toppled by protesters demanding police defunding
(Reuters) - A statue of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John Macdonald was toppled in downtown Montreal by protesters marching in support of defunding police, government officials said. The incident...
Aug 30, 2020
At least three migrants die as boat catches fire off Italy
CROTONE, Italy (Reuters) - At least three migrants died when a fire broke out on a boat carrying them close to the southern coast of Italy on Sunday, police and health officials said. Another five mig...
Aug 30, 2020
Germany’s Scholz condemns far-right flags outside parliament
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Olaf Scholz, a candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, on Sunday condemned protestors who stormed the steps of Germany's Reichstag parliament building, some of them hol...
Aug 30, 2020
Hezbollah open to discussing new political order in Lebanon, says Nasrallah
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday the powerful Shi'ite movement was open to discussing a new political order in Lebanon if all factions agree to it, as foreign...
Aug 30, 2020
