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U.S. senators call for release of journalists in Ethiopia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three leading Democratic U.S. senators have written to Ethiopia's prime minister to express concern about the erosion of press freedoms in the country and to call for the releas...
Jan 13, 2021
UK must be vigilant about China role in infrastructure, says PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday Britain had to be vigilant about China's involvement in the country's critical infrastructure but added the government should not beco...
Jan 13, 2021
Complaints after Portuguese prosecutors acknowledge spying on reporters
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Groups representing journalists and lawyers in Portugal complained of a threat to press freedom on Wednesday, after prosecutors acknowledged having spied on two r...
Jan 13, 2021
After record snowfall, Madrid confronts mammoth garbage heaps
MADRID (Reuters) - Heaps of plastic rubbish bags were piled up alongside snowdrifts in downtown Madrid on Wednesday after a historic storm paralysed the city's infrastructure, leaving some 9,000 tonne...
Jan 13, 2021
‘I’m alive,’ says Frenchwoman fighting official ruling that she died
PARIS (Reuters) - Sitting in her kitchen in France, Jeanne Pouchain remembers the day she discovered that she was dead. It was when she read an official letter from the court of appeal in the nearby c...
Jan 13, 2021
Ethiopia says ex-foreign minister killed by military after refusing to surrender
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Wednesday its military had killed three members of the Tigray region's former ruling party, including former Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin. The three Ti...
Jan 13, 2021
Mexico could cancel private prison contracts, says president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president will seek better terms for the government in private prison contracts signed by his predecessors, he said on Wednesday, adding that he could cancel them if b...
Jan 13, 2021
Malta govt refuses pardon to man accused of journalist’s murder
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta's government said on Wednesday it had turned down a request for a pardon by one of the men accused of the 2017 car bomb murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Vincent ...
Jan 13, 2021
Brazil vice president trades barbs with France’s Macron over Amazon deforestation
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mouro on Wednesday fired back at French President Emmanuel Macron's criticisms that Brazilian soy is linked to Amazon deforestation, saying the E...
Jan 13, 2021
Statue of Liberty is ‘green with anger’: Mexico president slams media curbs
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday stepped up his criticism of restrictions on freedom of expression following moves by leading social media firms to su...
Jan 13, 2021
