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Italy’s Conte faces showdown with aggrieved coalition party
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte faced a cabinet showdown on Tuesday with a small coalition partner that could bring down his government and unleash political chaos on...
Jan 12, 2021
Greek parliament to vote this week on Rafale jets purchase
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek lawmakers will vote this week on a bill opening the way for the purchase of 18 Dassault-made Rafale fighter jets from France for a total of 2.5 billion euros ($3.04 billion). ...
Jan 12, 2021
Italy’s Conte won’t hook up again with Italia Viva if it quits cabinet – source
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will not try to forge a new government with the Italia Viva coalition party if it follows through on a threat to quit the cabinet, a source in Co...
Jan 12, 2021
As Canada battles rising COVID-19 cases, lack of sick leave fuels transmission
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - As Canadian provinces struggle to contain rising COVID-19 infections, a lack of adequate paid sick leave for front-line workers is fuelling transmission, doc...
Jan 12, 2021
Ontario mulls further restrictions ahead of ‘wake-up call’ COVID-19 case modeling
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario is considering "next steps" to limit the spread of COVID-19, Premier Doug Ford said on Twitter on Monday, amid calls to put Canada's most populous provin...
Jan 12, 2021
Iran must undo uranium enrichment, help nuclear diplomacy, EU says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran must reverse its decision to enrich uranium at higher levels and give international diplomacy a chance to save the 2015 nuclear accord, the European Union said in a statement...
Jan 12, 2021
Iran demands sanctions ‘snapback’ removed in any new nuclear talks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran demands the removal of the so-called snapback mechanism in its nuclear accord, which could revive all U.N. sanctions against Tehran, in the event of new talks with world powers,...
Jan 12, 2021
Israel expects to start vaccinating children by March, virus chief says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel may include children over the age of 12 in groups receiving COVID-19 vaccines within the next two months if research shows this is safe, a top health official said on Tues...
Jan 12, 2021
Malaysia posts record daily rise in coronavirus cases as emergency invoked
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday reported 3,309 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily rise since the start of the pandemic, as the country imposed a nationwide state of emergency. Malay...
Jan 12, 2021
Fire kills eight in Russian apartment block
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire in an apartment block killed eight people in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg in the early hours of Tuesday, the local branch of Russia's Investigative Committee said....
Jan 12, 2021
