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Ship insurers primed to raise rates after Red Sea attacks
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Insurers are set to raise the cost of providing cover for merchant ships through the Red Sea after a series of incidents that have hit vessels around Saudi Arabian ...
Jan 13, 2021
Italy to extend COVID state of emergency to end of April
ROME (Reuters) - Italy will extend a state of emergency imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus until the end of April as infections currently show no sign of abating, Health Minister Roberto Sp...
Jan 13, 2021
‘No limit’ for WHO delegation in month-long Wuhan mission, team member says
By John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A global team of scientists led by the World Health Organisation to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus will spend around a month in the Chinese city ...
Jan 13, 2021
Lockdown starting to have an effect, says UK PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday tougher restrictions brought in last week were starting to have an effect on the spread of COVID in some parts of the country,...
Jan 13, 2021
Sudan says Ethiopian military aircraft crossed its border
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - An Ethiopian military aircraft crossed the Sudanese-Ethiopian border in a "dangerous and unjustified escalation", Sudan's foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The incident "could h...
Jan 13, 2021
U.S. cancels its observation of Uganda’s presidential election
KAMPALA (Reuters) - The United States has cancelled its observation of Uganda's presidential election because most of its accreditation requests were denied and said Thursday's vote would lack account...
Jan 13, 2021
Italy targets violent clan in biggest mafia trial in decades
By Yara Nardi and Gabriele Pileri LAMEZIA TERME, Italy (Reuters) - One of Italy's largest-ever mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday, with more than 320 suspected mobsters and their associates facing a...
Jan 13, 2021
Interpol red notices issued for ship captain, owner over Beirut blast – Lebanese state media
BEIRUT, (Reuters) - Interpol has issued red notices for the captain and owner of the ship that carried the chemicals which devastated Beirut in an explosion in August, killing 200 people, Lebanon's st...
Jan 13, 2021
Rebels attack Central African Republic’s capital, says PM
BANGUI (Reuters) - Security forces in Central African Republic have repelled an attack by armed groups seeking to seize the capital Bangui early on Wednesday, Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada said. The ...
Jan 13, 2021
Iran launches missile drill amid rising tensions with U.S
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's military launched a short-range naval missile drill on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, at a time of high tension between arch foes Tehran and Washington. Iran has one of...
Jan 13, 2021
