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Family bid adieu to former French leader Giscard in intimate ceremony
AUTHON, France (Reuters) - The family of Valery Giscard d'Estaing bid farewell to the former French president in an intimate funeral service in his home village on Saturday. Giscard's coffin was carri...
Dec 05, 2020
Iran’s coronavirus deaths surpass 50,000 – health ministry
(Reuters) - Iran's total death toll from coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Saturday with 321 new fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, as the number of cases in the Middle ...
Dec 05, 2020
Iran Supreme Court to retry three linked to 2019 protests – news agency
(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has agreed to retry three men over links to last year's anti-government protests and whose death sentences have been suspended, the state IRNA news agency reported on ...
Dec 05, 2020
Bahrain says it won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain will not allow the import of Israeli goods produced in settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, state news agency BNA reported, disavowing comments made by the Gulf sta...
Dec 05, 2020
U.S. raised prospect of blacklisting Yemen’s Houthis: Oman foreign minister
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman's foreign minister said on Saturday the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East had discussed with his country the possibility of Washington designating Yemen's Iran-aligned Houth...
Dec 05, 2020
British PM Johnson to speak to EU chief as Brexit talks stall
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday to try to break an impasse in trade talks with time running out bef...
Dec 05, 2020
EU’s Barnier says still looking for a way to do UK trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Saturday he would continue to look for a way to do a trade deal with Britain, but was non-committal on the chances of br...
Dec 05, 2020
Moscow starts mass COVID-19 vaccination with its Sputnik V shot
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics on Saturday, marking Russia's first mass vaccination against the disease, the city's coronavirus task force said...
Dec 05, 2020
Revamped, less political, UNESCO sets sights on tricky U.S. return
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Four years after the United States quit UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, over accusations of anti-Israel bias, diplomats say the Paris-based body has manage...
Dec 05, 2020
U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis
By Katharine Houreld ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency triggered dismay on Saturday from some Somalis, w...
Dec 05, 2020
