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Iran likely to hold off on retaliation over scientist’s killing -U.S. envoy
By Humeyra Pamuk and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopar...
Dec 03, 2020
Coronavirus claims 1.5 million lives globally with 10,000 dying each day
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Sangameswaran S (Reuters) - Over 1.5 million people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 with one death reported every nine seconds on a weekly average, as vaccinations are se...
Dec 03, 2020
Gaza authorities clamp down again to stem rise in COVID-19 cases
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A partial lockdown will begin this weekend in the Gaza Strip after COVID-19 infections spiked in the densely populated territory, Gaza's Interior Ministry declare...
Dec 03, 2020
Exclusive: Biden must use sanctions as leverage against Venezuela’s Maduro, U.S. envoy says
By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy on Venezuela called on the incoming Biden administration on Thursday to use the leverage he believes has been gained from...
Dec 03, 2020
Judge orders mass trial as Italy takes on ‘Ndrangheta mobsters
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday indicted 444 suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta mafia on an array of charges, including murder, attempted murder, extortion, money laundering ...
Dec 03, 2020
Egypt to free members of leading rights group: sources, state media
CAIRO (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the release of three members of a leading human rights group who were arrested last month after the group gave a briefing to senior diplomats, judic...
Dec 03, 2020
Hundreds protest against Armenian PM, block streets over ceasefire deal
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of Armenians blocked streets in the capital Yerevan late on Thursday and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over a ceasefire deal that locked in ...
Dec 03, 2020
Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy say pandemic has worsened their plight
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - Protesters in the central Indian city of Bhopal formed a human chain on Thursday to demand justice for people suffering cancer, blindness, respiratory, immune and neurologica...
Dec 03, 2020
COVID-19 vaccines will be free for all in Portugal, says health minister
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Health Minister Marta Temido said on Thursday the country's public health service will be responsible for the distribution of vaccines against the coronavirus, which will...
Dec 03, 2020
UK’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 60,000
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom's total death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 60,000 on Thursday, by the government's preferred measure of deaths within 28 days of a positive test. Official daily d...
Dec 03, 2020
