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UK households will face ban from mixing after lockdown: the Telegraph
(Reuters) - British households will be banned from mixing when the lockdown ends under government's plans to rescue Christmas, the Telegraph reported https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/17/househ...
Nov 17, 2020
U.S. to drop charges against ex-Mexican defense minister
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States is seeking to drop drugs charges against former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos so that he may be investigated in Mexico, the U.S. Department of ...
Nov 17, 2020
U.N. pulls $100 million from emergency fund in bid to avert famines
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Tuesday he would use $100 million from the world body's emergency fund to help seven countries try to avert famine fueled by co...
Nov 17, 2020
Unbowed by COVID-19, Paris store lights up Christmas display
PARIS (Reuters) - Shoppers are not allowed inside, and the pavement outside is nearly empty, but the French capital's Printemps department store lit up its Christmas window display on Tuesday because ...
Nov 17, 2020
Germany accuses Russia, China of stalling over North Korea fuel sanctions
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Germany accused Russia and China on Tuesday of preventing a United Nations Security Council committee from determining whether North Korea has breached a...
Nov 17, 2020
Regeneron says Roche successfully tested manufacture of COVID-19 drug used on Trump
By Carl O'Donnell and Axel Threlfall (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG has completed early tests of its ability to produce large quantities of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's COVID-19 antibody treatment, p...
Nov 17, 2020
Rockets fall inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, no casualties, police sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraqi police sources said on Tuesday. Sirens blasted from the U.S. embassy inside the zone, which houses governme...
Nov 17, 2020
France becomes first European country to top 2 million COVID-19 cases: Reuters tally
By Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - France on Tuesday became the first European country to surpass 2 million coronavirus cases despite an Oct. 30 nationwide lockdown that has led to a sharp decline in new...
Nov 17, 2020
Trump to cut troop levels in Afghanistan but stops short of full withdrawal
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sharply reduce the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 before he leaves office, the Pentagon anno...
Nov 17, 2020
American, British Airways, oneworld to trial COVID-19 tests
LONDON (Reuters) - American Airlines, British Airways, and the oneworld alliance will launch a coronavirus testing trial this month aimed at convincing the U.S. and UK governments to introduce testing...
Nov 17, 2020
