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World Food Programme ‘deeply humbled’ by Nobel Peace Prize award, its chief says
OSLO (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme is "deeply humbled" by the announcement it had won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Executive Director David Beasley said on Friday. "This is an ...
Oct 10, 2020
Police crack down on marathon anti-Kremlin protest in Russia’s Far East
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Russia's Far East broke up a long-running anti-Kremlin protest with force on Saturday, detaining 25 people according to local authorities, in response to what they called ...
Oct 10, 2020
Nurses suffer burn-out, psychological distress in COVID fight: association
By Cecile Mantovani GENEVA (Reuters) - Many nurses caring for COVID-19 patients are suffering burn-out or psychological distress, and many have faced abuse or discrimination outside of work, the Inter...
Oct 10, 2020
Russia reports new all-time record of daily coronavirus cases
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's coronavirus cases rose by 12,846 on Saturday, a new daily record since the start of the outbreak early this year, pushing the overall total number of infections to 1,285,08...
Oct 10, 2020
Bangladesh weighs death penalty for rapists as protests flare
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Protests rocked Bangladesh on Saturday as hundreds of people took to the streets to demand justice after a series of rapes and sexual assaults that have spurred the gove...
Oct 10, 2020
Indonesian team probing deadly Papua shootings attacked
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two members of an investigative team sent to Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua were shot and wounded during a fact-finding mission related to recent shootings in the area, th...
Oct 10, 2020
Kyrgyz parliament set to meet, discuss new government amid unrest
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's parliament was set to meet on Saturday and potentially vote in a new government to end a power vacuum in the strategically important Central Asian nation which has bee...
Oct 10, 2020
Fire breaks out at Tehran metro station; no casualties: Mehr
(Reuters) - Fire broke out at a metro station in the west of the Iranian capital on Saturday, the semi-official Mehr news agency said, adding that there were no casualties. A spokesman for the state e...
Oct 10, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest nine suspected of helping 12 held in China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Saturday they had arrested nine people suspected of helping 12 Hong Kong activists who fled the city in August, heading for Taiwan, only to be intercepte...
Oct 09, 2020
Australia reports no COVID-19 deaths for third day, hotspot faces longer lockdown
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia recorded no coronavirus deaths for a third straight day on Saturday, but its hotspot city of Melbourne faced a prolonged lockdown as new infections staye...
Oct 09, 2020
