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Niger ruling party candidate Bazoum leads early presidential results
NIAMEY (Reuters) - The ruling party's presidential candidate in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, held a large lead in the first partial results from Sunday's election, although his early score was short of the ...
Dec 29, 2020
Thailand warns of stricter measures if virus not contained
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand warned on Tuesday that more intensive measures might be necessary to halt its worst coronavirus outbreak yet and urged the public to cooperate to c...
Dec 29, 2020
Second Indian state steps closer to enacting “Love Jihad” law
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Lawmakers in a central Indian state controlled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party approved legislation on Tuesday that would make pr...
Dec 29, 2020
AstraZeneca vaccine not ready for quick European approval, watchdog official says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will most likely not be able to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug maker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in January, t...
Dec 29, 2020
Russia imposes travel ban on German officials in response to sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had added senior German security and intelligence officials to its list of individuals barred from entering the country, in a tit-for-tat response to sanct...
Dec 29, 2020
Gaza militants fire rockets into the sea in first joint exercise
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - An array of Palestinian militant groups launched rockets into the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip on Tuesday at the start of what they called their first-eve...
Dec 29, 2020
China’s capital locks down part of district in coronavirus fight
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing sealed off 10 areas of its northeastern Shunyi district on Tuesday, the first lockdown in the Chinese capital since the last coronavirus outbreak in the months of June and ...
Dec 29, 2020
Turkey’s top court rules Kavala’s rights not violated -Anadolu
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's top court on Tuesday ruled that high-profile philanthropist Osman Kavala's detention had not violated his right to liberty and security, state media said, after he spent mo...
Dec 29, 2020
UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new “catastrophe”, epidemiologist warns
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government needs to bring in tighter coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new strain of the disease, a leading epidemiologist and government a...
Dec 29, 2020
Russian riot police arrest renegade priest in raid on convent
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Riot police in Russia arrested a renegade priest in the early hours of Tuesday in a raid on a convent he had seized control of and accused him of driving children to suicide, accord...
Dec 29, 2020
