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Turkish schools to begin reopening on September 21: education minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish schools will start to reopen on Sept. 21 in a gradual transition to in-person education, the country's Education Minister Ziya Selcuk said on Wednesday, delaying the reope...
Aug 12, 2020
Turkish board proposes schools stay closed for another month: minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's science board recommended on Wednesday that education in schools should not begin for at least one more month, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, after the board met to...
Aug 12, 2020
Chile cautiously lifts lockdown lid on capital’s center
By Aislinn Laing and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will lift one of the world's longest quarantines on Monday, moving the capital Santiago's central business district and adjoini...
Aug 12, 2020
Baby George, born amid Beirut blast, is ‘light in the darkness’
By Charlotte Bruneau and Yara Abi Nader BEIRUT, (Reuters) - Stepping into the delivery room where his wife Emmanuelle was about to give birth, Edmond Khnaisser meant to capture their son's first momen...
Aug 12, 2020
Surge in Spain’s virus cases prompts regional smoking ban, field hospital
MADRID (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Spain jumped by nearly 1,700 on Wednesday, part of a surge that has prompted the construction of a military field hospital in the hard-hit Aragon region and led...
Aug 12, 2020
Greece registers 262 new coronavirus cases, highest daily tally
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece reported 262 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, its highest daily tally since the start of the outbreak in the country, health authorities said. The latest jump in cases bri...
Aug 12, 2020
Venezuela oil minister says he has recovered from COVID-19
(Reuters) - Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami said on Wednesday he had recovered from the novel coronavirus, a month after he tested positive for COVID-19. El Aissami, who is also the OPEC nat...
Aug 12, 2020
German agency does not expect COVID vaccine in autumn, withdraws report
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's public health agency does not expect a COVID-19 vaccine to be available by the autumn, an agency spokeswoman said, withdrawing a report it issued earlier on Wednesday, whi...
Aug 12, 2020
UK Royal Air Force sends plane to help monitor migrant crossings
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Air Force has sent a maritime patrol aircraft to help support border control operations in the English Channel after an increase in migrants seeking to cross from Fr...
Aug 12, 2020
UK’s COVID-19 official death toll lowered to 41,329 after methodology change
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic was lowered by over 5,000 on Wednesday as the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised...
Aug 12, 2020
