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Coronavirus may push 150 million people into extreme poverty: World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 150 million people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, wiping out more than three years...
Oct 07, 2020
UK sees ‘landing zone’ for Brexit trade deal but tells EU to hurry up
By Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton and William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's chief Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday he saw a landing zone for a trade deal with the European Union but sought to ...
Oct 07, 2020
Gunmen kill 25 displaced people in Burkina Faso, U.N. says
DAKAR (Reuters) - Armed assailants have killed 25 displaced people in northern Burkina Faso as their convoy tried to make its way home, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday. The...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. maintains suspension of military assistance to Mali, says envoy
DAKAR (Reuters) - United States military assistance to the government of Mali will remain suspended despite the formation of a transitional government following the Aug. 18 military coup, J. Peter Pha...
Oct 07, 2020
English health service to offer ‘long COVID’ clinics
LONDON (Reuters) - Sufferers of "Long COVID" symptoms in England will receive specialist care, the National Health Service said on Wednesday, with clinics set up to treat symptoms from breathlessness ...
Oct 07, 2020
EU’s Michel to UK’s Johnson: we want a deal, but not at any cost
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants a post-Brexit deal with the United Kingdom but not at any cost, European Council President Charles Michel said on Wednesday after talking to British Prime...
Oct 07, 2020
Italy tops 3,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time since April
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 3,678 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday, the first time the country has exceeded 3,000 cases in a single da...
Oct 07, 2020
France, Germany push for EU sanctions on Russians over Navalny poisoning
PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France and Germany said on Wednesday they would propose European Union sanctions against Russian individuals after not receiving credible answers from Moscow over the poison...
Oct 07, 2020
Libya says it detains men suspected of burning Nigerian to death
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Three Libyans killed a Nigerian man by setting him on fire in Tripoli, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, in what a U.N. agency described as "another senseless crime against ...
Oct 07, 2020
UK records 14,162 daily COVID-19 cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 14,162 new daily cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, slightly down on the 14,542 it reported the day before, government data showed. A further 70 people died...
Oct 07, 2020
