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Ivory Coast police rescue 11 children working on cocoa farms
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Police on Wednesday rescued 11 children and two teenagers working on cocoa plantations in southwestern Ivory Coast and arrested three farmers on suspicion of people tr...
Oct 07, 2020
Jordan’s King Abdullah appoints palace aide Bisher al Khasawneh PM
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah on Wednesday appointed veteran diplomat and palace aide Bisher al Khasawneh as the new prime minister, days after accepting the resignation of Omar al-Razzaz, ...
Oct 07, 2020
UK drawing up plans for tough restrictions on pubs across the north of England: FT
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is drawing up plans for tough restrictions on pubs across the north of England as the finance ministry finalised a new package of coronavirus support f...
Oct 07, 2020
Cocaine-laden plane crashes in Mexico after airborne pursuit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A light aircraft carrying almost half a tonne of cocaine crashed in central Mexico after a high-speed airborne chase with authorities, and two people aboard died, the defense m...
Oct 07, 2020
Italy orders COVID-19 testing on travellers from UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy will make testing for COVID-19 compulsory for people traveling from the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium and the Czech Republic, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on We...
Oct 07, 2020
Saudi-led coalition intercepts explosive-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis: state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it intercepted an explosive-laden drone over the Yemeni airspace launched by Yemen's Houthis towards the kingdom, state TV reported. The coa...
Oct 07, 2020
Exclusive: Qatar makes formal request for F-35 jets – sources
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qatar has submitted a formal request to the United States to buy stealthy F-35 fighter jets, three people familiar with the deal said, in a deal that if pursued co...
Oct 07, 2020
Brazil nears 5 million COVID-19 cases, epidemiologist fears second wave
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil approached the mark of 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as it approached 150,000 deaths in the second most deathly coronavirus outbreak outside the United St...
Oct 07, 2020
French president Macron announces new COVID-19 restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron says there will be new restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country reported a new all-time high, at almost 19,000, of new infection...
Oct 07, 2020
Two UK prisoners convicted of trying to murder jailer after terrorism probe
(Reuters) - Two inmates of a British jail who tried to murder a prison officer while wearing makeshift suicide-bomb belts have been convicted after an investigation by anti-terrorist police. Armed wit...
Oct 07, 2020
