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Those held over Vienna attack are part of Islamist scene, Austria says
VIENNA (Reuters) - All 15 people arrested in connection with a deadly rampage in Vienna on Monday are part of the radical Islamist scene and just under half have criminal convictions, some for terrori...
Nov 05, 2020
Germany approves 5.4 billion euro purchase of 38 Eurofighter jets: source
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German parliament's budget committee approved a 5.4 billion euro ($6.35 billion) contract to buy 38 Eurofighter jets from Airbus for the country's air force on Thursday, a sourc...
Nov 05, 2020
Egypt sentences dozens to jail over 2013 sit-in
CAIRO (Reuters) - A court in Egypt sentenced 59 people to 15 years in prison on Thursday for their role in organising and participating in a 2013 sit-in that ended with security forces killing hundred...
Nov 05, 2020
Russian police raid Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police raided the Moscow offices of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation on Thursday and state bailiffs said a criminal investigation had been opened a...
Nov 05, 2020
WHO needs reforms, while preserving ‘political independence’: panel
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - An oversight panel called on Thursday for reforms at the World Health Organization (WHO) including "predictable and flexible" funding and setting up a multi-tie...
Nov 05, 2020
Italian regions angry over government’s COVID-19 zones
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Local Italian leaders reacted with dismay and anger on Thursday after the government singled out some regions for tougher restrictions than others in the renewed ba...
Nov 05, 2020
Exclusive: WHO-led COVID drug scheme doubles down on antibodies, steroids and shuns remdesivir
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led scheme to supply COVID-19 drugs to poor countries is betting on experimental monoclonal antibody treatments and steroids but...
Nov 05, 2020
A crushed student movement and shrinking hope ahead of Myanmar’s election
By Thu Thu Aung and Poppy McPherson YANGON/LONDON (Reuters) - Myanmar teacher Hnin grew up idolizing Aung San Suu Kyi, the one-time democracy icon who now leads her country. But when voters goes to th...
Nov 05, 2020
France’s Macron urges strengthening of EU border controls after terror attacks
PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a strengthening of border controls in the European Union's Schengen zone following recent Islamist attacks in France and Austria. Mac...
Nov 05, 2020
Pope censures key department over London real estate deal
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in an unprecedented move to contain the damage from a London real estate deal, has stripped the Vatican's Secretariat of State's control over its own funds and p...
Nov 05, 2020
