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Macron health situation stable – French presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron's health situation remains stable after contracting COVID-19 last week, the French presidency said. "The health condition of the president remains stable," ...
Dec 22, 2020
Putin signs law letting ex-presidents become senators for life
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed legislation on Tuesday that allows former presidents to become lawmakers for life in Russia's upper house of parliament once they leave the Kremlin, ...
Dec 22, 2020
Papal Christmas, New Year moved indoors because of coronavirus
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will read his Christmas message from inside the Vatican instead of from the outdoor central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica because of new coro...
Dec 22, 2020
Pollution deaths in India rose to 1.67 million in 2019 -Lancet
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Toxic air killed more people in India in 2019 than in 2017, The Lancet said in a report https://secure.jbs.elsevierhealth.com/action/getSharedSiteSession?rc=1&redirect=https%3A%2...
Dec 22, 2020
Kremlin mocks foe Navalny over alleged underwear poison plot
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday mocked opposition politician Alexei Navalny and tried to call his sanity into question, a day after he said he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclos...
Dec 22, 2020
‘Glimmer of hope’: Beirut seeks Christmas cheer after devastating year
By Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Near the wreckage of Beirut's port, a charity is bringing Christmas cheer to a city hammered by a devastating explosion, rising coronavirus infections and the wors...
Dec 22, 2020
Roadside bomb kills prison doctors in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed at least five prison doctors and health workers in the Afghan capital on Tuesday while they were on their way to the country's largest jail, officials said. Th...
Dec 22, 2020
Rio’s mayor arrested over bribery scheme, say police and prosecutors
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested on Tuesday morning for alleged involvement in a corruption scheme at city hall, police and prosecutors said. Crivella, w...
Dec 22, 2020
EU’s Barnier to update member states on Brexit trade talks at 1500 GMT – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, will update the bloc's 27 national envoys on the latest on Brexit at 1500 GMT on Tuesday, with disagreements over fishing r...
Dec 22, 2020
S.Korea scrambles jets as Chinese, Russian aircraft enter air defence zone
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it had scrambled fighter jets in response to an intrusion into South Korea's air defence identification zone by 19 Russian and Chinese military aircraft. ...
Dec 22, 2020
