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Exiled archbishop returns to Belarus after Pope lobbies Lukashenko – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Minsk's exiled Catholic archbishop has returned to Belarus after Pope Francis successfully lobbied Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to allow him back, the Interfax news agency...
Dec 24, 2020
Pope promises to visit Lebanon, South Sudan, as soon as possible
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francisto promised in his Christmas messages on Thursday to visit Lebanon and South Sudan as soon as he could. The pope traditionally mentions countrie...
Dec 24, 2020
Israel imposing third national COVID-19 lockdown
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will impose a third national lockdown to fight climbing COVID-19 infections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. The curbs will come into effect on Sunday e...
Dec 24, 2020
At least 20 die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) - At least 20 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Thursday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a Tunisian security of...
Dec 24, 2020
Special Report-How a British COVID-19 vaccine went from pole position to troubled start
By Steve Stecklow, Andrew MacAskill, Ludwig Burger, Kate Kelland and Emilio Parodi LONDON (Reuters) - On June 5, researchers at the University of Oxford quietly made a change to a late-stage clinical ...
Dec 24, 2020
‘Like water eroding rocks’: Thai protesters prepare for long fight
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Chayut Setboonsarng and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - As they paraded through a Bangkok shopping mall in crop tops to mock Thailand's king, protesters made an incong...
Dec 24, 2020
France’s Macron showing no more COVID-19 symptoms, Elysee says
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is showing no more symptoms of COVID-19, the Elysee office said on Thursday. Macron can now end his quarantine after he self-isolated for seven days ...
Dec 24, 2020
Taiwan fines EVA Air $35,000 after pilot blamed for COVID infection
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Transport Ministry on Thursday fined EVA Airways Corp T$1 million ($35,000) after the government blamed one of its pilots for a rare locally transmitted case of COVID-19 be...
Dec 24, 2020
Former Japan PM Abe apologises over political funding case
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe apologized to the public on Thursday following a row over his office's possible violation of election funding laws. He said he felt moral re...
Dec 24, 2020
The blast that blew away Lebanon’s faith in itself
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - They gather in groups, wearing black, in the shadow of buildings gutted by the explosion that shook this city on Aug. 4. Men, women and children from Christian and ...
Dec 24, 2020
