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Iran rejects new participants, any talks on nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday rejected any new negotiations or changes to the participants of Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers, after French President Emmanuel Macron sa...
Jan 30, 2021
Putin’s former judo partner says he owns palace which opposition links to Russian leader
By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg said on Saturday he owns a huge palace in southern Russia which jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has linked to President V...
Jan 30, 2021
COVID face mask painted on giant English chalk figure
LONDON (Reuters) - British police are searching for the vandal or vandals who painted a COVID-19 face mask on the figure of a mysterious giant carved into a hillside in southern England. The Long Man ...
Jan 30, 2021
Philippines’ Duterte tightens anti-money laundering rules to avoid `grey list’
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law on Friday to strengthen anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations ahead of a Feb. 1 deadline set by a global financ...
Jan 30, 2021
Iran imposes mandatory quarantine for travellers from Europe
(Reuters) - Travellers to Iran from Europe will be required to self-quarantine for two weeks after testing negative upon arrival, a health official said on Saturday. Travellers from other regions, inc...
Jan 30, 2021
Exclusive: China gene firm providing worldwide COVID tests worked with Chinese military
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - BGI Group, the world's largest genomics company, has worked with China's military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain scie...
Jan 30, 2021
Man charged over suspect package sent to UK AstraZeneca vaccine plant
LONDON (Reuters) - A man has been charged after a suspicious package was sent to a factory in Wales that produces AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine resulting in a temporary suspension of manufacturing, B...
Jan 30, 2021
Ireland says given no forewarning about triggering of Brexit clause
By Padraic Halpin and John Chalmers DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland was not consulted by the European Commission before it briefly sought to restrict some exports of COVID-19 vaccines by invoking an emerge...
Jan 30, 2021
Russia and Turkey open monitoring centre for Nagorno-Karabakh
BAKU (Reuters) - Russia and Turkey opened a joint centre on Saturday to observe a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh that was agreed following a flare-up in the conflict in the region last year, Azerbaijan...
Jan 30, 2021
Austria finds 96 foreigners in breach of lockdown rules at top ski resort
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian police have found 96 foreigners from across Europe at the ski resort of St Anton am Arlberg in breach of pandemic-related rules on entering the country and the national loc...
Jan 30, 2021
