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French Catholics hold open air mass to protest against COVID-19 restrictions
NANTES, France (Reuters) - Catholics held an open air mass in the western French city of Nantes on Sunday to protest against COVID-19 restrictions, under which masses are banned in churches. Some Cath...
Nov 15, 2020
China’s Xi calls for further development of Yangtze economic belt
(Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping has called for further development of the Yangtze River economic belt as part of the country's "dual circulation" strategy, the official Xinhua news agency sai...
Nov 15, 2020
Israel promotes settlement plan for sensitive East Jerusalem area
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel moved ahead on Sunday with a settler housing plan in a sensitive area near East Jerusalem, a step critics said was aimed at shoring up the project before...
Nov 15, 2020
Romania to check all intensive care units after hospital fire kills 10
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian officials will check all intensive care units after a fire killed 10 people at a hospital treating coronavirus patients, the government said on Sunday. The fire broke ou...
Nov 15, 2020
Gunmen in western Ethiopia kill at least 34 people in bus attack, rights body says
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Gunmen in western Ethiopia killed at least 34 people in an attack on a bus on Saturday night, the national human rights body said on Sunday, as fears grow of a security vacuum in t...
Nov 15, 2020
French police increase COVID lockdown checks in Paris
By Christian Hartmann and Manuel Ausloos-Lalanda PARIS (Reuters) - French police stepped up controls in Paris over the weekend to ensure residents were complying with strict lockdown rules imposed to ...
Nov 15, 2020
Erdogan visits breakaway Northern Cyprus after ally wins vote
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Erdogan visited breakaway Northern Cyprus on Sunday to meet its newly elected leader who backs his call for a "two-state" solution to the divided island's five-d...
Nov 15, 2020
In COVID-19 vaccine race, Hungarian village firm takes global role
By Marton Dunai and Balazs Kaufmann SZIRAK, Hungary (Reuters) - In an unassuming house in rolling hills east of the Hungarian capital, a small family firm is helping oil the wheels of the world's big ...
Nov 15, 2020
Northern India chokes on toxic smog day after Diwali festival
By Sudarshan Varadhan and Neha Arora CHENNAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hundreds of millions of Indians in north India woke up on Sunday to toxic air following Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, after m...
Nov 15, 2020
UAE widens ‘golden’ visa to allow 10-year residency to some
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has approved granting "golden" visas allowing 10-year residency to certain professionals, specialised degree-holders and others, Dubai's ruler said on Sunday...
Nov 15, 2020
