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‘The country needs me:’ cleaner in Chicago’s COVID wards proud to fight pandemic
By Shannon Stapleton and Ana Isabel Martinez CHICAGO (Reuters) - When hospital cleaner Evelia De La Cruz was assigned to the COVID-19 ward in March, she was afraid. A 60-year-old immigrant from the so...
Dec 11, 2020
EU wants responsible migration cooperation with Turkey, Michel says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to cooperate more with Turkey to tackle migration, European Council President Charles Michel said after a two-day meeting of EU leaders in Brussels. "W...
Dec 11, 2020
Hezbollah man convicted in 2005 Hariri bombing sentenced to five life terms in prison
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The U.N.-backed Lebanon Tribunal on Friday sentenced a Hezbollah member convicted of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing to five t...
Dec 11, 2020
Two hurt in suspected bomb attack in Russia’s North Caucasus – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two people were hurt in an explosion set off by a suspected suicide bomber in Russia's North Caucasus outside the local Federal Security Service headquarters on Friday, the Interfax...
Dec 11, 2020
Charges in Beirut blast inquiry hit political pushback
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah said on Friday charges brought against the prime minister and three former ministers over the Beirut port explosion smacked of "political targeting". Th...
Dec 11, 2020
Bloomberg news Chinese staff member detained in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese authorities have detained a local staff member who works for the Bloomberg news bureau in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security, Bloomberg reported on Friday...
Dec 11, 2020
Erdogan says U.S. sanctions disrespect ally Turkey -Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said that U.S. sanctions over Turkey's purchase of Russian defence systems was disrespectful to an important ally in NATO, state-owned Anadolu news agency...
Dec 11, 2020
Greece to allow hair salons, bookstores re-open for Christmas
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece said on Friday that it will allow hair salons and bookstores re-open during the Christmas season but keep retailers shut, as most restrictions in the country will remain in p...
Dec 11, 2020
Turkey rejects ‘biased and illegal’ EU approach at summit
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey rejects the European Union's "biased and illegal" approach at its summit this week and calls on the bloc to act as an honest broker in an ongoing dispute in the eastern Medit...
Dec 11, 2020
Ethiopia government denies war impeding aid, agencies report staff deaths
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's government on Friday denied that the war in its northern Tigray region was preventing aid reaching civilians, as two foreign aid agencies confirmed some staff had be...
Dec 11, 2020
