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Tropical Storm Iota barrels toward Central America as mudslide buries 10 in Guatemala
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - As Tropical Storm Iota barrels toward Central America, eight people were killed or reported missing in a landslide in Guatemala, authorities said on Saturday...
Nov 14, 2020
Fleeing Tigray war, Ethiopians cross river into Sudan
By Khaled Abdelaziz and El Tayeb Siddig HAMDAYAT, Sudan (Reuters) - Ethiopians fleeing war in the northern Tigray region crossed a border river into neighbouring Sudan on Saturday, some in boats, some...
Nov 14, 2020
Police probe illegal party near Paris in breach of COVID lockdown
PARIS (Reuters) - Police are probing an illegal party that took place at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris, at which up to 400 people met up despite French COVID-19 lockdown rules banning large private gat...
Nov 14, 2020
Pakistan to provide ‘irrefutable evidence’ India sponsors militant groups
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will present evidence to the United Nations and other international bodies that India, its neighbour and arch rival, is involved with militant organisatio...
Nov 14, 2020
‘Can’t take any more’: Lisbon’s bar, restaurant workers protest amid COVID-19 rules
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) - Paula Barroso's bar in Lisbon has been shut for eight months and she already had to let some workers go due to the economic impact of the coron...
Nov 14, 2020
Thousands of Georgians rally in Tbilisi to protest election results
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters rallied in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Saturday to back opposition calls for a re-run of the Oct. 31 parliamentary election they sa...
Nov 14, 2020
Egypt showcases scores of 25,000-year-old coffins
SAQQARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday showcased more than 100 coffins dating back 25,000 years, the latest and largest find this year in the vast burial ground of the Saqqara Necropolis. The 6t...
Nov 14, 2020
Polisario leader says Western Sahara ceasefire with Morocco is over
ALGIERS/RABAT (Reuters) - The leader of the Polisario Front, Western Sahara's independence movement, said on Saturday the group had ended a 29-year ceasefire with Morocco to resume its armed struggle ...
Nov 14, 2020
Paris boulevards deserted as lockdown claims Christmas shopping trade
By Ardee Napolitano PARIS (Reuters) - Boarded-up windows outside flagship branches of department stores Galeries Lafayette and Printemps bore testimony on Saturday to the impact of a COVID-19 lockdown...
Nov 14, 2020
Armenians set fire to homes before handing village over to Azerbaijan
CHAREKTAR, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Still wearing the camouflage fatigues in which he had fought against Azeri forces a week earlier, Arsen, an ethnic Armenian, lit a fire on Saturday under his sister's...
Nov 14, 2020
