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South Korea eases curfew on businesses outside Seoul
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Saturday eased curfews on businesses outside the capital Seoul, letting them stay open an hour later, amid a public backlash over tight curbs to contain ...
Feb 05, 2021
Australian Open concerns ease as Victoria records no new COVID-19 cases
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria reported no local coronavirus cases on Saturday for the second straight day, boding well for the Australian Open...
Feb 05, 2021
U.S. intends to revoke terrorist designation of Yemen’s Houthis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it intends to revoke the terrorist designation for Yemen's Houthi movement in response to the country's humanitarian crisis, reversing one of th...
Feb 05, 2021
UK’s Metropolitan police investigate incidents in South London, including fatal stabbing
(Reuters) - British Police said late on Friday they were investigating incidents of violence in South London, including a fatal stabbing. The police said they will be investigating the circumstances s...
Feb 05, 2021
Nigerian woman poised to lead WTO after rival withdraws, Washington offers support
By Hyonhee Shin, Emma Farge and Andrea Shalal SEOUL/GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was poised to become the first African and first woman to lead the embattled World Trade...
Feb 05, 2021
U.N. official warns of high risk of atrocities in Ethiopia
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that "the risk of atrocity crimes in Ethiopia remains high and likely to get worse" if the country does not u...
Feb 05, 2021
All travellers to UK be tested twice for COVID upon arrival: The Telegraph
(Reuters) - Britain will test all travellers arriving in the country twice for COVID-19, in an attempt to control the spread of new variants of the virus, the Telegraph reported on Friday. The governm...
Feb 05, 2021
Myanmar military rulers order block on Twitter, Instagram ‘until further notice’
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The new military rulers of Myanmar on Friday ordered mobile operators and internet service providers to block access to Twitter and Instagram in the country until...
Feb 05, 2021
Germany has not yet decided on lockdown options, state source says
(Reuters) - Germany has not yet decided whether to extend its COVID-19 lockdown, a state source said ahead of a crunch meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders next Wednesday. Mer...
Feb 05, 2021
French coronavirus hospitalisations fall third day in a row
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 22,139 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, down from 23,448 on Thursday and 22,858 last Friday as the case count trend remained steady, but hospital numbers fell ...
Feb 05, 2021
