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U.N. sets dates for Libyan transitional government selection
TUNIS (Reuters) - The United Nations Libya mission said on Thursday that nominations for leadership of a new unified transitional government must be made within a week and voting on candidates would t...
Jan 21, 2021
Portugal bans all UK flights to tackle rapid spread of new COVID-19 variant
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Thursday that all flights to and from Britain would be suspended from Saturday onwards as Portugal scrambles to tackle the rapid spre...
Jan 21, 2021
Children of Incan nobles found entombed in Peru after 500 years
By Reuters TV LIMA (Reuters) - Tombs containing the remains of two children thought to have belonged to the Incan societal elite have been discovered by a group of experts in northern Peru in the boun...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden seeking five-year extension of New START arms treaty with Russia, WH confirms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will be seeking a five-year extension to the New START arms control treaty with Russia, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said...
Jan 21, 2021
Queen’s representative in Canada quits after report into harassment: media
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Governor General Julie Payette, the representative of the country's head of state, Queen Elizabeth, quit on Thursday amid allegations of workplace harassment, domestic medi...
Jan 21, 2021
Brazil’s Lula had COVID-19 while in Cuba for Oliver Stone film
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva disclosed on Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus weeks ago on a trip to Cuba for a documentary directed by Ame...
Jan 21, 2021
Mexico stops truck carrying migrants from Central America
NUEVO TEAPA, Mexico (Reuters) - Nearly 130 migrants from Central America were discovered in the back of a shipping truck in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Thursday after officials heard poun...
Jan 21, 2021
UK bans passengers from Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo to control spread of COVID variant
(Reuters) - Britain is banning all arrivals from Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo from Friday to stop the spread of the South Africa COVID-19 variant, transport secretary Grant Shapps said in...
Jan 21, 2021
‘The nightmare is over’: Optimism in Mexico as Biden rolls back Trump’s immigration policies
By Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) - Dozens of asylum seekers crowded the U.S. port of entry in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday after U.S. President Joe Biden began his...
Jan 21, 2021
France tells its citizens: Fabric masks not enough to protect from COVID
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is now recommending that people wear surgical masks in public because they offer better protection from COVID-19 transmission than fabric f...
Jan 21, 2021
