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Tunisia detains hundreds in protests as Amnesty urges restraint
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police said on Monday they had arrested about 1,000 people after several nights of protests as a rights group warned against using excessive force and witnesses said demonst...
Jan 18, 2021
UK’s Johnson criticised over lack of COVID-19 welfare commitment
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was criticised in parliament on Monday for refusing to commit to the renewal of a temporary welfare payment increase brought in...
Jan 18, 2021
France’s daily new COVID-19 infections at a more than six-week high
PARIS (Reuters) - France's average daily number of new COVID-19 infections hit a six-and-a-half week high of 18,270 on Monday, while the number of people being treated in intensive care units for the ...
Jan 18, 2021
Italy PM Conte comfortably wins lower house confidence vote
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte won a crucial confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, hanging on to power after a junior partner quit his coalition last week and o...
Jan 18, 2021
Bolsonaro allies set to win control of Brazil’s Congress
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Despite a deep recession and the world's second-deadliest COVID-19 outbreak, candidates backed by Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro are expected to wi...
Jan 18, 2021
WHO pandemic review panel critical of China, WHO delays
GENEVA (Reuters) - An independent panel reviewing the global handling of the COVID-19 pandemic said on Monday that Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in Januar...
Jan 18, 2021
Greek President praises Olympic medallist for breaking abuse silence
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's president praised Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou for dissolving "a conspiracy of silence" by reporting a historic allegation of sexual assault by a sports officia...
Jan 18, 2021
Police find 12 bodies dumped on road in Mexico’s Veracruz state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Twelve people believed to be members of a self-defense group were killed in the western Gulf Coast state of Veracruz and their bodies dumped on a dirt road, local authorities s...
Jan 18, 2021
Guatemala begins clearing migrant caravan on blocked road
VADO HONDO, Guatemala (Reuters) - Guatemalan security forces on Monday started clearing a road where hundreds of mostly Honduran migrants trying to reach the United States had camped overnight after t...
Jan 18, 2021
Mexico aims to make up for Pfizer vaccine shortfall with others
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday the government aimed to compensate for a reduction in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer Inc with tho...
Jan 18, 2021
