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Schoolchildren can miss end of term to isolate before Christmas, says French PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French schoolchildren will be allowed to skip classes and stay at home on Thursday and Friday if their families wish to self-isolate ahead of Christmas, Prime Minister Jean Castex sa...
Dec 15, 2020
After 60 years, East Jerusalem Palestinians face eviction under Israeli settler rulings
By Suheir Sheikh and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - For Nabil al-Kurd, being forced out of the East Jerusalem home he has lived in since the 1950s would be a fate worse than death. But the 76-year-o...
Dec 15, 2020
UK’s Christmas plans will cost many lives, say top health journals
LONDON (Reuters) - Two of Britain's most influential journals for healthcare and medical professionals jointly called on the government on Tuesday to scrap plans to relax COVID-19 restrictions for fiv...
Dec 15, 2020
Bosnian presidency members snub Russia’s ‘disrespectful’ Lavrov
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The Croat and Muslim Bosniak members of Bosnia's inter-ethnic three-man presidency declined on Tuesday to meet Russia's visiting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
Dec 15, 2020
Israel’s Supreme Court approves extradition of sex-crime suspect to Australia
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A former Australian school principal accused of sexually assaulting students lost her appeal against extradition in Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday. Malka Leifer has fought her...
Dec 15, 2020
Ukraine parliament restores powers of anti-corruption agency in bid for foreign loans
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian lawmakers voted to restore the powers of the NAZK anti-corruption agency on Tuesday in a bid to secure new loans from the International Monetary Fund to fight a sharp econom...
Dec 15, 2020
Amid pandemic, Jakarta burials 61% higher in first 10 months of 2020
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Burials in the Indonesian capital were 61% higher in the first 10 months of 2020 than in the past five years, according to a new study that could suggest Indonesia's real coronavir...
Dec 15, 2020
Ten years on, anger grows in Tunisian town where ‘Arab Spring’ began
By Angus McDowall and Tarek Amara SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia (Reuters) - Ten years ago, a fruit seller set himself ablaze in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid after an altercation with a policewoman ...
Dec 15, 2020
Malaysian PM Muhyuddin passes leadership test in final budget vote
By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Tuesday passed an important test of his parliamentary support after a narrow majority of lawmakers approved his ...
Dec 15, 2020
Tokyo court sentences man to death for 2017 murders of 9 people contacted via Twitter -media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo district court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for the 2017 murders of nine people, local media reported, ending a case that grabbed headlines in Japan with the culprit dub...
Dec 15, 2020
