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France reports 7,379 new coronavirus cases, just shy of lockdown record
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 7,379 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, a new post-lockdown record following the 6,111 record reported on Thursday and just shy of the 7,578 high set on Marc...
Aug 28, 2020
Former Central African Republic interim leader to run in December poll
BANGUI (Reuters) - Former Central Africa Republic's transitional leader Catherine Samba-Panza, who guided the country from 2014 to 2016, has declared she will challenge incumbent President Faustin Arc...
Aug 28, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan, NATO chief discuss eastern Mediterranean
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights...
Aug 28, 2020
France doing everything possible to avoid repeat COVID-19 lockdown, says Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday his government was doing everything possible to avoid another nationwide coronavirus lockdown but added it would be dangerous to rule ...
Aug 28, 2020
U.N. to renew Lebanon peacekeeping mandate, reduce troops: diplomats
PARIS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will extend the mandate for a peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon for another year later on Friday, but will reduce the number of troops amid U.S. and Is...
Aug 28, 2020
‘Double lockdown’: COVID-19 adds to blockaded Gaza’s despair
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - On a deserted beachfront in a newly locked-down Gaza, fishermen look impotently at the Mediterranean waters they can no longer access under two separate bans - on...
Aug 28, 2020
Greece bans flights from Barcelona, extends COVID-19 travel restrictions
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will ban flights to and from Barcelona from Monday, health authorities said on Friday, as they extended most of the travel restrictions for foreign visitors by three weeks du...
Aug 28, 2020
Spain reports 3,829 new coronavirus infections in past 24 hours
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain diagnosed 3,829 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Friday, down from a revised count of more than 6,000 the previous day. A cumulative ...
Aug 28, 2020
At least two students killed during exams in eastern Congo
By Fiston Mahamba GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - At least two students and a teacher were killed and several other teachers kidnapped after a primary school holding exams was attacked ...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. expected to reduce troops in Iraq by a third to about 3,500: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to reduce its troops presence in Iraq by about a third in the coming months, a U.S. official said on Friday, a move that had been expected after Pr...
Aug 28, 2020
