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Total COVID cases in Italy pass one million mark, deaths surge: health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - The total number of coronavirus cases registered in Italy since the start of the pandemic surpassed the one million mark on Wednesday, the health ministry said, with 32,961 new infect...
Nov 11, 2020
At least five migrants die in shipwreck off Libya, NGO says
ROME (Reuters) - At least 5 people have died in a migrant shipwreck in the central Mediterranean, Spanish charity Open Arms said on Wednesday, warning that the number of fatalities could grow as rescu...
Nov 11, 2020
‘When saliva runs out, one has to have gunpowder,’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro says in swipe at Biden
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who portrays himself as a close friend of U.S. President Donald Trump, took a swipe at President-elect Joe Biden, referring to Biden as a "cand...
Nov 11, 2020
Mexico sends diplomatic note to U.S. over ex-army chief’s arrest
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that his government has sent the United States a diplomatic memo regarding the arrest of a former Mexican defense minist...
Nov 11, 2020
In blow to WHO, EU seeks powers to declare health emergencies
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed rules which would give the EU the power to declare a health emergency and stress test national plans to tackle...
Nov 11, 2020
Indian TV anchor freed on bail after alleged suicide abetment
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to the head of a nationalist TV channel, a week after he was arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of an interior decorator, a ...
Nov 11, 2020
Austria proposes indefinite detention for those posing terrorist threat
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria plans to make it possible for courts to imprison those convicted of terrorism-related offences for as long as they are deemed a threat, the government said on Wednesday. The...
Nov 11, 2020
Cuba reopens Havana airport ahead of tourism high season
HAVANA (Reuters) - Havana airport will open to regular commercial flights on Sunday after being closed for seven and a half months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Cuban state-run media said late on T...
Nov 11, 2020
Ex French President Hollande asks Macron: ‘How are you doing? Is it not too hard right now?’
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday asked his successor Emmanuel Macron how he was doing in the face of crises ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to Islamist attac...
Nov 11, 2020
Greece, Egypt to welcome more decisive U.S. involvement under Biden, Greek PM says
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and Egypt anticipate more decisive involvement of the United States in the eastern Mediterranean under U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaki...
Nov 11, 2020
