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Germany to introduce tougher restrictions in pandemic battle
By Andreas Rinke and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is set to extend its nationwide lockdown until the end of the month and introduce new tougher restrictions in a bid to get control of surg...
Jan 05, 2021
Missing people presumed dead after Norway landslide, police chief says
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian rescue workers gave up hope on Tuesday of finding more survivors from a Dec. 30 landslide that swept away a dozen buildings but vowed to continue the search for three people...
Jan 05, 2021
Denmark imposes new restrictions over fears of coronavirus variant
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark imposed new lockdown measures on Tuesday aimed at curbing the rapid spread of a new coronavirus variant that is believed to be more transmissible, the country's prime min...
Jan 05, 2021
Israeli officer shoots dead alleged Palestinian assailant in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli security officer shot a Palestinian who threw a knife towards him in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Israel's military said, and Palestinian officials said the man ...
Jan 05, 2021
Vietnam suspends flights from Britain, South Africa over new COVID-19 variants
By Khanh Vu Hanoi Reuters - Vietnam has suspended inbound flights from countries with new COVID-19 variants, initially Britain and South Africa, the health ministry said on Tuesday. A new variant firs...
Jan 05, 2021
COVID-19 fight in China’s Hebei enters ‘wartime mode’
BEIJING (Reuters) - The fight to contain the coronavirus in northern China's Hebei has entered "wartime mode", official media reported on Tuesday, after the province surrounding capital Beijing saw it...
Jan 05, 2021
Japan should impose Tokyo COVID-19 state of emergency quickly, say advisers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan should issue a COVID-19 state of emergency in the Tokyo area as soon as possible, a panel of experts advising the government on coronavirus responses said on Tuesday. Chief Cab...
Jan 05, 2021
Colombia’s illegal armed groups lost more than 5,000 members in 2020 -military commander
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian illegal armed groups lost roughly 5,120 members in 2020 as the country's armed forces continued operations amidst the coronavirus pandemic to weaken t...
Jan 05, 2021
Pakistan’s Hazara say no end to Quetta sit-in without justice for slain miners
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Members of the Shi'ite Hazara minority in Pakistan who have blockaded a highway in Quetta with the bodies of slain coal miners said on Tuesday they will n...
Jan 05, 2021
At least 22 killed in eastern Congo village
BENI, Congo (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed in an overnight raid on a village in a part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo plagued by Islamist rebel attacks, local authorities said on ...
Jan 05, 2021
