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Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing was architect of EU integration
By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, a key architect of European integration who sought to liberalise the economy and social attitudes after years of ...
Dec 02, 2020
Former French President Giscard d’Estaing has died: Europe 1 radio
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has died, France's Europe 1 radio reported on Wednesday. Giscard, who was 94 and was France's leader from 1974 to 1981, had recently ...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. says U.N. COVID-19 meeting is stage for Chinese ‘propaganda’
By Andrea Shalal and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday claimed a United Nations meeting of world leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic was being designed to al...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. military to keep two larger Afghan bases after drawdown to 2,500
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has approved drawdown plans in Afghanistan that will still keep two larger bases in the country as officials carry out President Donald Trump's orde...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. sanctions accomplice of “most wanted” Mexican trafficker Caro Quintero
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it had frozen assets belonging to an alleged accomplice of Rafael Caro Quintero, a Mexican drug trafficker who tops the U.S...
Dec 02, 2020
Exclusive: Venezuela opposition discussing scaling back interim government, sources say
By Brian Ellsworth and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition is discussing scaling back the interim government of opposition leader Juan Guaido that has won diplomatic recognition by...
Dec 02, 2020
2020 likely world’s second hottest year, U.N. says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - This year is on track to be the second hottest on record, behind 2016, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. Five data sets currently place 20...
Dec 02, 2020
Elderly Swedish woman suspected of imprisoning son released from custody
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A 70-year-old Swedish woman detained on suspicion of holding her adult son captive at home for up to three decades has been released from custody after the case against her had w...
Dec 02, 2020
Israel receives its most advanced warship as Iran tensions rise
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday, describing the German-made vessel dubbed "Shield" as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as te...
Dec 02, 2020
Iran watchdog passes law on hardening nuclear stance, halting U.N. inspections
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under T...
Dec 02, 2020
