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Irish PM says on Brexit: Biden wants a deal so Johnson should knuckle down
LONDON (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden wanted a Brexit trade deal to be clinched with the European Union so British Prime Minister ...
Nov 12, 2020
Armenia declares no-fly zone in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Armenian defence ministry declared a no-fly zone in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, except for military aircraft, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Thursday. Thousands of ...
Nov 12, 2020
Subsistence miners at Petra Diamonds’ mine beaten, killed by security, report finds
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Subsistence miners who trespassed onto Petra Diamonds' Williamson mine in Tanzania were detained, beaten, shot, and in some cases killed by security personnel, UK-based non-go...
Nov 12, 2020
Belize to choose next prime minister as veteran leader steps down
By Jose Sanchez BELIZE CITY (Reuters) - Belize is expected to announce the results of its general election on Thursday as longtime Prime Minister Dean Barrow steps down and the small Central American ...
Nov 12, 2020
Challenge begins for UK farmer to get Xmas turkeys on tables
COOKHAM, England (Reuters) - Turkey farmer Tom Copas says he faces a challenge to bring over the seasonal staff he needs this Christmas to process his turkeys and then to meet a surge in demand for ho...
Nov 12, 2020
Dutch police investigating after shots fired at Saudi embassy
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police said they were investigating a shooting at the embassy of Saudi Arabia before sunrise on Thursday. No one was hurt. Several shots were fired at the building in The H...
Nov 12, 2020
Ukraine President Zelenskiy hospitalised due to COVID-19
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was hospitalised after he contracted coronavirus earlier this week, a presidential official said on Thursday. "He first went home, but decided ...
Nov 12, 2020
Aid groups concerned about protection of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, where the federal government is battling local forces, still has no telephone line connections, making humanitarian work difficult, the Unite...
Nov 12, 2020
Southeast Asian leaders begin summit amid ‘major power rivalries’
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders kicked off a multilateral summit on Thursday expected to address tensions in the South China Sea and tackle plans for a post-pandemic economi...
Nov 11, 2020
Biden reassures U.S. allies in calls with leaders of Japan, South Korea, Australia
By Hyonhee Shin, Sakura Murakami and Simon Lewis SEOUL/TOKYO/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - In their first calls with Joe Biden since the U.S. election, the leaders of Japan, South Korea and Australia o...
Nov 11, 2020
