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Switzerland’s World Economic Forum canceled in January, rescheduled for summer
ZURICH (Reuters) - The 2021 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting of business leaders and politicians has been called off for January due to the coronavirus pandemic, with organizers planning to reschedu...
Aug 26, 2020
Iran agrees to grant IAEA access to two suspected former atomic sites: official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has agreed to grant U.N. nuclear watchdog inspectors access to two suspected former nuclear sites, an Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, although Tehran has told the ag...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. targets Chinese individuals, 24 cos amid South China Sea dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday targeted 24 Chinese companies and a number of individuals it said were part of ongoing construction and military actions over disputed islands in ...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. military presence needed in Asia, Philippines’ foreign minister says
MANILA (Reuters) - The United States military presence in Asia is needed as rivalry between Washington and Beijing intensifies, the Philippines' foreign minister said on Wednesday. The two powers are ...
Aug 26, 2020
Belgium revises down COVID-19 deaths just shy of 10,000 mark
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium revised down on Wednesday the country's COVID-19 death toll, just as it was about to pass the milestone of 10,000 fatalities. Health authorities have ...
Aug 26, 2020
Pope to readmit faithful to general audiences from next week: Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The faithful will be readmitted to Pope Francis' weekly general audiences from Sept. 2, a Vatican statement said on Wednesday, as the Holy See slowly lift restrictions imposed...
Aug 26, 2020
Australia to seek veto powers on all public deals with foreign nations, PM to say
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce on Thursday legislation giving the federal government new powers to review and cancel any agreements that lo...
Aug 26, 2020
UK court lifts bar on evidence transfer over Islamic State ‘Beatles’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted a bar which prevented the government from giving evidence to U.S. authorities about an alleged Islamic State execution squad, nicknamed "...
Aug 26, 2020
Iran, IAEA to issue statement: Iranian official tells Nournews
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog will shortly issue a joint statement in which the views of Tehran and the international body have been taken into account, an Iranian official told...
Aug 26, 2020
Kenya’s President Kenyatta extends nationwide curfew by 30 days
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday extended a nationwide curfew by 30 days in the East African nation's fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Kenyatta said ...
Aug 26, 2020
