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Germany, Europe have yet to realise Merkel will be gone next year: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn, an influential powerbroker in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, warned his colleagues to remember that they were picking a potential Chanc...
Nov 12, 2020
Funds seized in U.S. help Venezuela health workers survive crisis
By Brian Ellsworth and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - For Venezuelan hospital security guard Yurymay Diaz to buy a full cart of groceries and put aside enough money to buy new shoes for her daught...
Nov 12, 2020
Seven Sinai peacekeepers killed in helicopter crash: Israeli source
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A helicopter with a U.S.-led peacekeeper force in the Egyptian Sinai has crashed, killing seven force members, an Israeli source said on Thursday. The Multinational Force and Obs...
Nov 12, 2020
Belize elects opposition leader as next prime minister
By Jose Sanchez BELIZE CITY (Reuters) - Belize voters elected opposition leader Johnny Briceno to replace longtime Prime Minister Dean Barrow in a general election on Wednesday after the ruling party ...
Nov 12, 2020
Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings dies at 73
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's former leader Jerry Rawlings, who seized power twice in military coups but went on to bring democratic rule to the West African country, has died at the age of 73, a source a...
Nov 12, 2020
Local elections in Brazil’s Macapá postponed due to state-wide power outage
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Local elections in the northern Brazilian city of Macap slated for Sunday have been postponed due to security concerns because of a state-wide power outage, according to a Supreme...
Nov 12, 2020
Pope offers Rome’s homeless free Covid-19 tests at Vatican
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is offering free coronavirus tests for Rome's poor and homeless as part of the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of the Poor activities, the Va...
Nov 12, 2020
Thailand seizes nearly $1 billion worth of ketamine
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has seized almost $1 billion worth of contraband ketamine, most of it probably destined for Europe, Japan or Korea, the Thai Narcotics Suppression Bureau said on Thursday....
Nov 12, 2020
Swiss leader suggests how to revive stalled treaty to EU’s von der Leyen
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga called European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday to outline Bern's proposal to unblock a stalled bilateral treaty, von der...
Nov 12, 2020
Egyptian transgender woman faces uphill battle against stigma
CAIRO (Reuters) - Farida Aly spent decades performing blood tests, brain scans and personality tests before doctors issued the needed medical reports to allow her to undergo gender reassignment surger...
Nov 12, 2020
