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Germany’s Merkel urges European border reform after terrorist attacks
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was urgently necessary for Europe to reform the open-border Schengen area in light of recent terrorist attacks. "I want to mention the entry-...
Nov 10, 2020
Manuel Merino sworn in as interim president of Peru until July 2021
LIMA (Reuters) - Manuel Merino was sworn in as interim President of Peru on Tuesday, after President Martin Vizcarra was ousted by Congress a day earlier. Merino, who was head of Congress, will be in ...
Nov 10, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan congratulates U.S. President-elect Biden for election win
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 presidential election. In his messa...
Nov 10, 2020
France’s Macron says terrorism threat needs quick European answer
PARIS (Reuters) - The threat of terrorism is a European reality that needs a coordinated and quick answer, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Macron also told reporters that Europe must...
Nov 10, 2020
U.S. imposes Iran-related sanctions on four individuals, six entities: U.S. Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed Iran-related sanctions on six companies and four people, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's website, in the Trump administration's ...
Nov 10, 2020
Nobel Peace Prize winners exempted from Norway quarantine
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will exempt United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) delegates from coronavirus quarantine when they arrive next month to receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize, ensuring that...
Nov 10, 2020
Special Report: Phantom buyers in Russia, advice from Iran help Venezuela skirt sanctions
By Marianna Parraga, Rinat Sagdiev and Parisa Hafezi MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - On Aug. 21, a tanker called the Otoman docked at the Jose oil terminal on Venezuela's coast in the Caribbean to load 1.82 m...
Nov 10, 2020
EU to tighten rules on online extremism after latest attacks
By John Chalmers and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU plans to tighten its rules to combat online extremism, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, ahead of a me...
Nov 10, 2020
Iran frees 157 detained during protests as more U.S. sanctions loom
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has freed 157 people arrested during anti-government protests last year, the country's judiciary said on Tuesday, as the United States appeared poised to impose sanctions on Ira...
Nov 10, 2020
Philippine journalist gunned down, four years after assassination attempt
MANILA (Reuters) - Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a radio journalist outside his home in the Philippines on Tuesday, police said, four years after the broadcaster survived a near-identical assas...
Nov 10, 2020
