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Iceland closes bars, gyms again to curb coronavirus spread
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland has ordered bars, gyms and entertainment venues to close and has sharply cut the number of people allowed to gather in public in order to curb a recent rise in COVID-19 ...
Oct 05, 2020
Business as usual? Little enforcement of Madrid’s new lockdown
By Silvio Castellanos and Michael Gore MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid residents were largely going about business as usual on Monday despite a prohibition on non-essential travel in the first European capi...
Oct 05, 2020
Turkish drill ship heads back to Turkey from off Cyprus: data
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish drill ship has left the area where it was operating southwest of Cyprus and reached Turkey's coast, Refinitiv Eikon shipping data showed on Monday, in a move the Europea...
Oct 05, 2020
Ethiopia bans flights over dam for security reasons: aviation chief
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has banned all flights over its giant new hydropower dam on the Blue Nile for security reasons, the head of its civil aviation authority said on Monday. Ethiopia is lo...
Oct 05, 2020
Thailand seeks Red Bull heir extradition after Interpol ‘red notice’
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Monday they would seek the extradition of the fugitive heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, after Interpol issued a global "red notice" seeking his arrest...
Oct 05, 2020
Iran reports record high 3,902 new coronavirus cases, as 235 die in 24 hours
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has registered a record high 3,902 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with the total number of identified cases in the worst-hit country in the Middle East rising to 47...
Oct 05, 2020
UK Court of Appeal overturns judgment in Venezuela gold case: lawyers
LONDON (Reuters) - A tug-of-war over $1 billion worth of Venezuelan gold stored at the Bank of England took a fresh twist on Monday as the English Court of Appeal overturned an earlier High Court ruli...
Oct 05, 2020
Kremlin says not aware of any plans to impose new lockdown as cases climb
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that it was not aware of any current government plans to impose a strict lockdown in Russia to curb the sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Russia's daily ta...
Oct 05, 2020
Mental health services disrupted during pandemic, as needs grow: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Services for mentally ill and substance abuse patients have been disrupted worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the disease is expected to cause further distress for many, th...
Oct 05, 2020
UK PM Johnson says soaring COVID-19 cases in line with forecasts
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that the current soaring number of COVID-19 cases was about where government forecasts had predicted so the next weeks would be c...
Oct 05, 2020
