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West African leaders lift sanctions on Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Leaders of the West African regional bloc have lifted sanctions imposed on Mali following the Aug. 18 military coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the group said on T...
Oct 06, 2020
Italy loosens migration rules to dismay of hardliner Salvini
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy has softened rules penalising aid groups that bring illegal migrants ashore and extended protection for refugees who risk persecution at home, drawing the fire ...
Oct 06, 2020
Belarus opposition leader sees inspiration in fallen Berlin wall
BERLIN (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya visited a fragment of the Berlin Wall ahead of a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, saying she saw in it a symbol...
Oct 06, 2020
‘All I could do was fear for my life’, says Belarus singer who fled to Kyiv
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko and Sergiy Karazy KYIV, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Belarusian electro-folk singer Rusia Shukiurava fled Minsk in early September but every sight of a police officer or sound of a...
Oct 06, 2020
Finland’s COVID-19 cases hit new daily record
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland reported on Tuesday its highest daily number of COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic and they now exceed the rate that Helsinki sets for other countries bef...
Oct 06, 2020
Russia detains serviceman and his brother for passing state secrets to Estonia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had detained a serviceman and his brother in the country's west for having allegedly passed state secrets to Estonia. A cr...
Oct 06, 2020
UAE surpasses 100,000 coronavirus infections
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates, with a population of around 9.9 million people, surpassed 100,000 recorded cases of COVID-19 infection on Tuesday. The UAE, whose tally stands at 100,794 in...
Oct 06, 2020
Erdogan tells Merkel EU summit resolution was not enough: Ankara
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that last week's European Union summit decisions were not sufficient to overcome problems in relations betwee...
Oct 06, 2020
Channeling ‘anger into art’, artists in Beirut process blast
By Ayat Basma and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - On the day of the Beirut explosion two months ago, 54-year-old Nabil Debs was busy planning the opening of his boutique hotel which had been in the wor...
Oct 06, 2020
UK’s Johnson: COVID-19 has not robbed me of my mojo
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said speculation that he was still suffering from the effects of coronavirus was "drivel" pushed by his Brexit opponents. "I've heard a lot of n...
Oct 06, 2020
