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UK’s Sunak says new national lockdown would have ‘stark’ costs
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that he believed a second national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus would carry heavy economic and social costs....
Oct 14, 2020
Britain’s spies defending COVID-19 vaccine work, MI5 chief says
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global p...
Oct 14, 2020
Kremlin says no deal yet with U.S. on arms pact despite U.S. assertions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia had not clinched a deal with the United States to extend the New START arms pact, the last major nuclear treaty between the two countries, ...
Oct 14, 2020
Uganda presidential hopeful Bobi Wine says security forces raided his office
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan presidential hopeful Bobi Wine, also a pop star and lawmaker, said on Wednesday security forces had raided his office and taken away documents, amid what the opposition say...
Oct 14, 2020
Belarus to export gasoline cargo via Russian port amid dispute with EU, sources say
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Belarus plans to ship at least one cargo of gasoline via Russia's Baltic port of Ust-Luga in October, four industry sources said, turning to a route it last used almost three years ...
Oct 14, 2020
Vatican court hears graphic description of sexual abuse
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - (Note graphic content in paragraph 6) A Vatican court heard graphic descriptions of sexual abuse on Wednesday as two priests went on trial, one charged with...
Oct 14, 2020
Carrot-and-stick approach to Turkey failing, EU envoys say
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's latest strategy to defuse tensions with Turkey is unravelling, two weeks after it was sealed, raising the risk of conflict in the Eastern Medi...
Oct 14, 2020
Mexican president’s anti-corruption drive buffeted by scandals
By Diego Or MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Three months after taking charge of a new office created by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to compensate Mexicans for years of public sector embezzlement, it...
Oct 14, 2020
Panicked Europe battens down against COVID second wave
By Jan Lopatka and Marine Strauss PRAGUE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European countries have begun to close schools and cancel surgeries, going well beyond curbs on social life, as overwhelmed authorities fa...
Oct 14, 2020
Australia says it’s deeply concerned about writer in China espionage trial
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned that Australian writer Yang Hengjun was on trial in China charged with espionage, adding his treatment fell sho...
Oct 14, 2020
