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Three drowned, dozens missing, after boat sinks in eastern Congo’s Lake Kivu
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - At least two children and one woman have drowned after a passenger boat sank on Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official s...
Jan 06, 2021
Spain records lowest temperature ever at -34C
MADRID (Reuters) - Heavy snow and icy winds blasted Spain as temperatures plumetted to -34.1C, the lowest ever recorded on the Iberian peninsula, the State Meterololgical Agency said on Wednesday. The...
Jan 06, 2021
Ireland to allow entry to British travellers with negative COVID test
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is to drop a ban on travellers from Britain and South Africa from Saturday and will instead require them on arrival to provide a negative COVID-19 test from the previous 72 ...
Jan 06, 2021
New TV channel seals funding to challenge British media ‘consensus’
LONDON (Reuters) - A new television channel has secured millions of dollars from investors such as Discovery Inc, Legatum and hedge fund manager Paul Marshall to challenge what it casts as the London-...
Jan 06, 2021
Top Swedish official offers to quit after backlash over Christmas trip
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A top Swedish government official closely involved in the country's handling of the coronavirus pandemic offered to resign on Wednesday, after a public outcry over his Christmas ...
Jan 06, 2021
Romanian Christians crowd into port for Epiphany service
CONSTANTA, Romania (Reuters) - Thousands of Romanian Orthodox Christians crowded into the harbour of the Black Sea port of Constanta on Wednesday, breaking social distancing rules to celebrate an Epip...
Jan 06, 2021
Israel convicts Palestinian activist of illegal protest, assault, lawyer says
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - An Israeli military court on Wednesday convicted a Palestinian rights activist of offences in the occupied West Bank, his lawyer said, in a case that Amnesty Interna...
Jan 06, 2021
Myanmar police arrest nearly 100 Rohingya in raid on house
By Thu Thu Aung YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar police arrested nearly 100 ethnic Rohingya on Wednesday after raiding a house in the commercial capital of Yangon, police and local media said. Photos publis...
Jan 06, 2021
English school exams cancelled after COVID-19 disruption
LONDON (Reuters) - Schoolchildren in England will not sit formal exams this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, education minister Gavin Williamson said on Wednesday, with teachers to assess student...
Jan 06, 2021
Britain says ‘deeply concerned’ by Iran’s 20% uranium enrichment
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it was "deeply concerned" by Iran's commencement of 20% uranium enrichment on Jan. 4, in a joint statement with France and Germany. "We strongly urge Iran to stop enric...
Jan 06, 2021
