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Steinmetz denies corruption in Guinea case; says he was not in charge
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz on Tuesday denied any role in corruption or forgery linked to mining rights his company secured in Guinea, describing himself...
Jan 12, 2021
U.S. State Department says Pompeo’s trip to Brussels this week canceled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that all travel including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's trip to Brussels has been canceled, as the agency carried out the transition...
Jan 12, 2021
No school, only border crossing ‘Game’ for migrant kids on Bosnian border
By Fedja Grulovic VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Zeinaf Jabar, 11, learned some English while spending a year at a migrant camp in Greece and is now trying with her family, repeatedly, to cross in...
Jan 12, 2021
France condemns Israel’s plan to build more settler homes in West Bank
PARIS (Reuters) - France on Tuesday condemned Israel's plan to advance construction of 800 more Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank in a move to cement the projects shortly before pro-settl...
Jan 12, 2021
Indonesia to launch vaccination drive as COVID-19 deaths hit record
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia starts a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign on Wednesday, with President Joko Widodo to receive the first shot of an ambitious drive launched amid ...
Jan 12, 2021
Mexico’s health ministry publishes medicinal cannabis regulation
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday published rules to regulate the use of medicinal cannabis, a key step in a broader reform to create a legal cannabis market in the Latin Ame...
Jan 12, 2021
Pompeo says Al Qaeda has new home base in Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, without providing hard evidence, that al Qaeda had established a new home base in Iran. The New York Times reported in Novem...
Jan 12, 2021
Irish inquiry finds ‘appalling level of infant mortality’ at church-run homes
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish inquiry into homes for unwed mothers that the Catholic Church ran from 1922 to 1998 found an "appalling level of infant mortality" with some 9,000 children dying in the so-...
Jan 12, 2021
U.S. imposes counter terrorism sanctions on 5 people: Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed counter terrorism sanctions on five people it tied to Iran, designating them each as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), accordi...
Jan 12, 2021
Oman succession to go from ruler to eldest son, says new basic law
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman's new basic law stipulates that succession in the Gulf state will go from the ruler to the eldest son, according to a copy of the law published in the official gazette on Tuesda...
Jan 12, 2021
