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Analysis: Arrest of ex-army chief puts Mexican president’s plans under siege
By Drazen Jorgic and Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The spectacular fall from grace of Mexico's previous armed forces supremo has raised awkward questions about the president's reliance on the mi...
Oct 17, 2020
Merkel urges Germans to reduce contacts and travel to curb coronavirus
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Saturday to curb social contacts and keep travel to a minimum, making a personal appeal after the federal and state governments struggled t...
Oct 17, 2020
U.S. businesswoman says did have affair with UK PM Johnson: Daily Mail
LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S tech entrepreneur at the centre of allegations of misconduct involving British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told a newspaper they did have an affair when he was mayor of L...
Oct 17, 2020
French police arrest nine after teacher beheaded in street
PARIS (Reuters) - French police have arrested nine people after a suspected Islamist sympathiser beheaded a school teacher on the street of a Paris suburb on Friday, police sources said. Investigators...
Oct 17, 2020
Erdogan tells Trudeau suspension of drone exports is against alliance spirit
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada's suspension of the export of some drone technology was not in line with the spirit of all...
Oct 17, 2020
Czech Republic’s daily COVID-19 infections top 11,000 for first time
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic, facing Europe's biggest surge in new coronavirus infections per capita, reported 11,105 COVID-19 cases on Friday, its largest single-day tally so far of the pand...
Oct 17, 2020
Austrian foreign minister tests positive for COVID-19 after EU meeting
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has tested positive for the coronavirus and might have caught it at a meeting with his European Union counterparts on Monday, a spok...
Oct 17, 2020
New Zealand ruling party registers strong start as election counting begins
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party held a commanding lead in New Zealand's general election on Saturday, very early tallies showed. Labour had 50% of ...
Oct 17, 2020
Malaysia’s Anwar says facing ‘malicious’ probe on list of backers for PM bid
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Friday said a police investigation into a list that purports to show lawmakers backing his bid for the premiership was...
Oct 17, 2020
India’s coronavirus infections rise to 7.43 million
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's cumulative tally of coronavirus infections stood at 7.43 million on Saturday, having risen by 62,212 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed. But the number of act...
Oct 17, 2020
