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U.S. blacklists Cuban interior ministry over alleged human rights abuses
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped sanctions on Cuba's interior ministry on Friday, accusing it of serious human rights abuses as Washington kept up a barrage of san...
Jan 15, 2021
French cumulative coronavirus death toll rises to nearly 70,000
PARIS (Reuters) - The cumulative death toll from the coronavirus in France rose by 636 to 69,949 on Monday as the country added a three-day batch of retirement home deaths to the tally, health ministr...
Jan 15, 2021
Britain tightens borders to keep out new COVID-19 strains
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is tightening border controls to prevent new strains of COVID-19 coming into the country, suspending all the 'travel corridor' arrangements that had meant arrivals from some...
Jan 15, 2021
Belarus authorities criticised over tape discussing internment camps for protesters
By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) - President Alexander Lukashenko's main electoral challenger criticised the Belarusian authorities on Friday over an audio recording in which she said a top securit...
Jan 15, 2021
Libya releases bodies found in mass graves for burial
TARHOUNA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan authorities on Friday released two bodies found in mass graves in the city of Tarhouna after the Tripoli government retook it in June from Khalifa Haftar's Libyan Na...
Jan 15, 2021
Canada’s Trudeau embraces Biden in bid to turn page on Trump era
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's swift embrace of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden illustrates the degree to which Canada, one of America's closest allies, is...
Jan 15, 2021
U.N. says U.S. blacklisting of Yemen group may hinder bid to avert oil spill
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations is concerned that a U.S. plan to blacklist Yemen's Houthi movement on Tuesday will hinder its efforts to assess a decaying oil tanker that i...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. troops in Afghanistan now down to 2,500, lowest since 2001: Pentagon
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S troops in Afghanistan has been reduced to 2,500, the lowest level of American forces there since 2001, the Pentagon said on Friday. In November, ...
Jan 15, 2021
Nightclub taxi drives away the blues in lockdown Greece
By Alexandros Avramidis THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) - Greek taxi driver Konstantinos Bekio is doing his bit to lift his passengers' spirits amid the gloom of coronavirus lockdown, turning his cab i...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities as Washington continues to step up pressure on Tehran in the final days of U.S. President...
Jan 15, 2021
