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Russia’s Putin says 13% poverty level is too high
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said a recent increase in Russia's poverty level to more than 13% was too high, but said that should fall to 6.5% by 2030. (Reporting by...
Dec 17, 2020
‘The fear is intense’: Afghan ‘sticky bombs’, used by Taliban, on the rise
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Killings by small, magnetic bombs slapped under vehicles are unnerving Afghan officials, activists and journalists, who blame the Taliban for ...
Dec 17, 2020
Women’s mass grave sheds light on female victims of Spanish Civil War
By Juan Medina FARASDUES, Spain (Reuters) - Archaeologists in northeastern Spain have uncovered the mass grave of 10 women killed by a fascist firing squad in the early days of the Spanish Civil War, ...
Dec 17, 2020
France’s Macron has tested positive for COVID-19 – Presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday. "The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 tod...
Dec 17, 2020
Thailand relaxes travel curbs for tourists from over 50 countries
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday eased travel restrictions for citizens from 56 countries in a bid to boost the country's pandemic-hit tourism industry, though visitors...
Dec 17, 2020
‘We are not afraid’: Wuhan residents say they hope WHO team finds virus origins
By Emily Chow WUHAN, China (Reuters) - With investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) set to visit China next year, residents of Wuhan are saying they want the team to come to the central...
Dec 17, 2020
Bulgaria to keep restaurants, shopping malls closed until end-January
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria extended its soft lockdown until the end of January to contain the spread of coronavirus infections that spiked in the autumn and strained the Balkan country's poorly funded...
Dec 17, 2020
Myanmar doctor battles to keep country’s best known pet cemetery open
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - In a shady corner of a cemetery in Myanmar's commercial capital of Yangon, pastel-colored headstones mark the final resting places of dozens of beloved pets: "Treasu...
Dec 17, 2020
Peril at sea, danger on shore for migrants trapped in Libya
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - When Abdullah boarded an inflatable boat crammed with fellow migrants in February he thought he would finally reach Europe after braving the dangers of a Sahara cro...
Dec 17, 2020
UK’s Patel says on Brexit: we’re in ‘tunnel’ of negotiations
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom will work flat out for a Brexit trade deal and negotiators are in "tunnel" negotiations but if a deal with the European Union is not possible then the country wil...
Dec 17, 2020
