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Activists say Polish women seeking abortion panic as restrictions take effect
By Joanna Plucinska and Kuba Stezycki WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish women with scheduled abortions are calling advice services in panic, activists said, as Poland's government put into effect a ruling ban...
Jan 28, 2021
U.N. chief Guterres hopes for ‘reset’ in U.S., China relations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hoped there would be a "reset" in relations between the United States and China, acknowledging that while the countries...
Jan 28, 2021
Bolsonaro, who won’t take a COVID-19 shot, vows to inoculate Brazil fast
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, who says he won't take any COVID-19 shot, on Thursday vowed to quickly inoculate all Brazilians, tempering his tone after his support fell due to ...
Jan 28, 2021
Moscow drama teacher who joined Navalny protests fired for “amoral act”
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Artyom Nazarov, one of thousands of Russians detained by police at Saturday's anti-Kremlin protests, was still in custody some 40 hours later when he learned his college had decided...
Jan 28, 2021
U.N. chief puts technology envoy on leave over harassment inquiry
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has placed his technology envoy on administrative leave, days after announcing the appointment, while the wor...
Jan 28, 2021
Colombia court accuses eight former FARC of war crimes
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) on Thursday accused eight former commanders of the demobilized FARC guerrillas of war crimes and crimes against ...
Jan 28, 2021
Islamic State ”deputy caliph” killed in Iraq: Prime Minister
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have killed Abu Yaser al-Issawi, an Islamic State commander who had claimed to be the leader of the group in Iraq and its "deputy caliph", Iraqi Prime Minister ...
Jan 28, 2021
As coronavirus lockdown bites, poverty fuels Lebanese protests
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) - Daoud Temsah has been out of a job for half a year. Before that he was earning barely $2 a day at a coffee shop in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon, until coronavirus lockdo...
Jan 28, 2021
Amsterdam zoo Artis gives up lions amid coronavirus cash crunch
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam's zoo Artis, one of the oldest animal parks in Europe, said on Thursday it will stop keeping lions because it can't afford them due to the financial fallout from the co...
Jan 28, 2021
Israel plays down possible Biden administration review of arms for UAE
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli leaders played down on Thursday a possible Biden administration review of U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates that girded the Gulf power's rapprochement with Isra...
Jan 28, 2021
