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Acting leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, during a raid on an apartment in Cairo. The arrest is the latest blo...
Aug 28, 2020
Polar bear kills man in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago
OSLO (Reuters) - A man was killed by a polar bear in the Norwegian Arctic Svalbard islands early on Friday, local authorities said, the first such deadly incident in nine years. The man, a foreign nat...
Aug 28, 2020
West African leaders to push Mali junta to hand over power within a year
BAMAKO (Reuters) - West African leaders seeking a return to democracy in Mali will on Friday demand that the military junta that ousted the president in a coup last week appoint a civilian head of gov...
Aug 28, 2020
Saudi-led coalition says destroys Houthi drone: Saudi Press Agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed on Friday an explosives-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned group in the direction of Sau...
Aug 28, 2020
Amsterdam ends ‘experiment’ with mandatory face masks
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The city of Amsterdam said on Friday it was ending an experiment with mandating the use of face masks in crowded public spaces as a way to slow the spread of coronavirus, as the ...
Aug 28, 2020
Nobel laureate author emerges as powerful voice backing Belarus protests
By Andrei Makhovsky and Matthias Williams MINSK/KYIV (Reuters) - Wielding a bunch of flowers and surrounded by clapping supporters, Belarus's most celebrated writer has lent a powerful voice to the op...
Aug 28, 2020
Kremlin regrets Japan PM Abe’s decision to step down
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin regrets that Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to step down, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, describing the working relations between Abe and Preside...
Aug 28, 2020
UK PM Johnson says Japan’s Abe achieved great things
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday praised the record of Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, who announced his resignation earlier because of poor health. "@AbeShinzo has achie...
Aug 28, 2020
Merkel says pandemic to worsen, to focus on social cohesion, economy
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday the coronavirus pandemic was likely to worsen in coming months, and that her government would respond by prioritising the welfare of s...
Aug 28, 2020
El Al to fly Israel’s first flight to UAE by commercial carrier, airport timetable shows
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - El Al Airlines on Monday will fly Israel's first flight to the United Arab Emirates by a commercial carrier, a timetable on the Israel Airports Authority's website showed, as the ...
Aug 28, 2020
