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Trump sought contacts with Venezuela early in his term, Maduro says
CARACAS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sought contacts with Venezuelan officials early in his term, President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday, adding that he hopes to establish dialogue with U...
Dec 08, 2020
Explainer: How France will distribute COVID-19 vaccines
PARIS (Reuters) - France is preparing the rollout of a first round of COVID-19 vaccines that it hopes will start reaching the most at risk citizens early next year pending regulatory approvals of the ...
Dec 08, 2020
Key workers given priority in Irish COVID-19 vaccine rollout
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Workers deemed essential to "societal and economic activity" in Ireland will be prioritised in the government's planned COVID-19 vaccine rollout, behind only elderly care home resid...
Dec 08, 2020
France’s next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered, says Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - France's next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered and replace the national fleet's flagship warship, the Charles de Gaulle, in 2038, President Emmanuel Macron said on...
Dec 08, 2020
U.S. targets North Korea coal shipments with new sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has blacklisted six companies, including several based in China, and four ships accused of illicit exports of North Korean coal, the Treasury Department said o...
Dec 08, 2020
U.S. says no sanctions penalty on humanitarian aid for Iran
By John O'Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Banks that process payments for humanitarian aid to Iran will not be penalised under U.S. sanctions, the U.S. Treasury has said, following a European appeal for...
Dec 08, 2020
Arctic warming cascades through ocean and over land, U.S. report says
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Arctic region has had its second-warmest year since 1900, continuing a pattern of extreme heat, ice melt and environmental transformation at the top o...
Dec 08, 2020
Turkey condemns seizure of vessel by east Libyan forces
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey condemned on Tuesday the interception of one of its ships by eastern-based Libyan forces in the Mediterranean, saying it must be allowed to resume its journey to western Liby...
Dec 08, 2020
Mexican President wants bill regulating foreign agents to be approved this year
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he wants a new bill to tighten restrictions on "foreign agents" operating in Mexico to be approved this yea...
Dec 08, 2020
Putin signs law allowing Russian legislation to trump international treaties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Tuesday allowing Russia's national legislation precedence over international treaties and rulings from international bodies in cases when th...
Dec 08, 2020
