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First Black Canadian to head a federal party says victory can make politics more inclusive
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - New Green leader Annamie Paul, the first Black person to head a mainstream Canadian federal party, on Monday said her victory was a sign that politics could becom...
Oct 05, 2020
Ireland to resist lockdown, tighten COVID-19 restrictions: reports
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's government has rejected a surprise recommendation by its health chiefs to go into lockdown and will instead tighten current COVID-19 restrictions, local media reported on ...
Oct 05, 2020
UK COVID cases fall to 12,594 on Monday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 12,594 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, down from 22,961 a day earlier when authorities said the jump was partly due to a technical problem. (Reporting by Andy Br...
Oct 05, 2020
Kyrgyz police use teargas, water cannon to disperse protest
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz police used teargas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people demonstrating on Monday against the result of a parliamentary election, after some protesters tried to b...
Oct 05, 2020
Myanmar’s trishaws turn campaigners as virus curbs canvassing
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - As surging coronavirus infections make election canvassing difficult in Myanmar, humble trishaw drivers are becoming unlikely champions for a nationwide ballot just ...
Oct 05, 2020
‘Square of Change’: a Belarus courtyard becomes an unlikely protest battleground
By Maria Vasilyeva and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - When state workers accompanied by police painted over opposition graffiti on a wall in a Minsk courtyard in August, local residents swiftly pain...
Oct 05, 2020
Rwanda prosecutor seeks to merge ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s case with that of rebel group members
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's top prosecutor will seek to merge the case of Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country's 1994 genocide and on trial for terrorism, with ...
Oct 05, 2020
Ex-PM Sharif, daughter face sedition charges for criticising Pakistani military
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani police filed sedition charges on Monday against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and dozens of his party leaders...
Oct 05, 2020
Austria’s Kurz cancels meetings as colleague tests positive for COVID-19
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has cancelled all his appointments for the day and is being tested for the new coronavirus after an unidentified close colleague tested positive, ...
Oct 05, 2020
Chemical weapons experts ready to assist Russia in Navalny case: statement
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The global chemical weapons watchdog on Monday said it was ready to deploy experts to assist Russia in the case of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who Germany says was poisoned...
Oct 05, 2020
