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Mexico proposes extending travel curbs with U.S. another month
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has proposed to the United States that restrictions on non-essential travel at their shared border be extended for another month as authorities continue to grapple with ...
Dec 11, 2020
Erdogan says Caucasus platform can turn new page in Turkey-Armenia ties -NTV
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a regional cooperation platform in the Caucasus he had discussed with his Azeri counterpart in Baku could help turn a new page i...
Dec 11, 2020
Lithuania swears in most gender-balanced cabinet in eastern EU
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's new centre-right government assumed office on Friday, led by Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte who has appointed the most gender-balanced cabinet in the ...
Dec 11, 2020
Years after ISIS, Iraqis forced out of camps into uncertain future
By Amina Ismail BALAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Last month, Iraqi authorities gave families displaced by the war against Islamic State just 48 hours to pack up and leave the Al-Ishaki camp before it was close...
Dec 11, 2020
Iran protests to Turkey over alleged ‘meddling’ by Erdogan
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador on Friday over what it said was "meddlesome" remarks by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Azerbaijan. Erdogan re...
Dec 11, 2020
EU to discuss arms exports to Turkey with NATO and U.S., Merkel says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with NATO allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for an arms e...
Dec 11, 2020
Top Mexican Catholic cleric chooses science, suspends centuries-old pilgrimage
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The overflowing crowds and lavish pageantry surrounding a centuries-old annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe, among the world's...
Dec 11, 2020
Former Hong Kong lawmaker urges U.S. to punish China’s ‘ATM’: the banking sector
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should target Hong Kong's financial sector with tougher sanctions to deprive China from its 'ATM' and to force Beijing to the negotiating tabl...
Dec 11, 2020
Doors open but nearly empty, French cathedrals count cost of epidemic
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - France's Chartres cathedral, a vast 13th century building with 18 staff on the payroll, is a costly place to run, and the one million a year who normally come to s...
Dec 11, 2020
Morocco, Israel normalisation is ‘betrayal’ of Palestine – Iranian official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Morocco's normalisation of relations with Israel is a betrayal and a stab in the back of Palestine, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an adviser to Iran's parliamentary speaker, said on Frid...
Dec 11, 2020
