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Parents of Briton killed in road accident lose diplomatic immunity challenge
LONDON (Reuters) - The parents of a 19-year-old Briton killed in a road accident in 2019 lost their court battle with the British government on Tuesday over whether the wife of U.S. official involved ...
Nov 24, 2020
Russia’s Lavrov, Iran’s Zarif discuss Syria, Karabakh, nuclear deal in phone call
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the situations in Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Russia's foreign min...
Nov 24, 2020
International donors meet to pledge billions in aid to Afghanistan
GENEVA (Reuters) - Dozens of nations began pledging billions of dollars in aid for Afghanistan at a conference in Geneva on Tuesday, hoping that peace negotiations recently begun between the governmen...
Nov 24, 2020
Lockerbie bomber appeal set to begin at Scotland’s High Court
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's High Court will begin hearing an appeal on Tuesday against the conviction of a Libyan man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing, the deadliest militant atta...
Nov 24, 2020
Swedish watchdog finds serious failures in COVID care at nursing homes
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's health watchdog said on Tuesday it had uncovered "serious shortcomings" in COVID-19 care for residents of nursing homes where thousands have died, increasing pressure on...
Nov 24, 2020
Japan and China to continue communications on East China Sea, Japan says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and China agreed on Tuesday to continue communications on issues around the East China Sea where the two countries are in dispute, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi s...
Nov 24, 2020
China says pope’s remarks about “persecuted” Uighurs are groundless
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed Pope Francis's criticism of China's treatment of Muslim Uighurs as groundless. In a new book "Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better F...
Nov 24, 2020
Swedish prosecutors receive request to reopen 1994 ferry sinking investigation
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors said on Tuesday they had received a request to reopen an investigation into the 1994 sinking of the ferry Estonia that killed 852 people, based on new informa...
Nov 24, 2020
PM Conte tells Italians to avoid skiing at Christmas due to COVID-19 risk
ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has warned Italians not to ski during the Christmas holidays to help curb a second wave of the new coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000....
Nov 24, 2020
Saudi-led coalition destroys five mines laid by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea – Saudi TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it had destroyed five mines laid by the Iran-aligned group in the Red Sea, Saudi state TV reported on Tuesday. The mines ar...
Nov 24, 2020
