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Ghana police say five killed in election-linked violence since Monday
ACCRA (Reuters) - Five people have been killed in election-linked violence in Ghana, police said on Wednesday, in separate incidents that occurred since the morning of Monday's presidential and parlia...
Dec 09, 2020
Scotland would vote to stay part of UK if asked again -PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he believed Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom if there was another referendum in the future. "The peopl...
Dec 09, 2020
EU to toughen sanctions on Turkish drilling, draft summit statement says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will sanction more Turkish individuals and companies responsible for drilling in contested waters in the Mediterranean, according to a draft statement prepared ...
Dec 09, 2020
Israel plans 2024 moonshot after first unmanned lander crashed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will try another unmanned lunar landing in early 2024 after its first attempt ended last year with the spacecraft crashing on the moon's surface, officials said on Wednesd...
Dec 09, 2020
UN rights boss welcomes Biden pledges, hopes for reversing “serious setbacks” under Trump
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's pledges to halt the separation of migrant families, address "systemic racism" and climate change are promising and could reverse setbacks during the...
Dec 09, 2020
UN rights boss urges Hong Kong to uphold due process, fair trials
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced concern on Wednesday at the "rapidly shrinking" civil and democratic space in Hong Kong and urged judicial authorities to ...
Dec 09, 2020
Ethiopia volatile with fighting, ethnic profiling of Tigrayans – U.N. rights boss
GENEVA (Reuters) - The situation in Ethiopia is "worrying and volatile" as fighting in the Tigray region continues amid reports of ethnic profiling of Tigrayans including in Addis Ababa, U.N. High Com...
Dec 09, 2020
U.N. rights boss urges withdrawal of article in French draft security law
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet called on Wednesday for the withdrawal of a draft law in France known as "Article 24" that would curb freedom to share images iden...
Dec 09, 2020
Two reports of allergic reactions on first day of vaccine rollout – UK medical regulator
LONDON (Reuters) - Two allergic reactions were reported on the first day of the rollout of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the head of Britain's medicine regulator said on Wednesday. "Last evening, we we...
Dec 09, 2020
Erdogan believes Turkish reforms will not protect jailed Kurdish leader
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he believed that touted judicial reforms would not protect jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, former leader of parliam...
Dec 09, 2020
