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India’s federal police to probe alleged gang rape of woman who died of injuries: statement
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - India's federal police will investigate the alleged gang rape of a young woman in northern Uttar Pradesh state whose death sparked nationwide protests, the...
Oct 03, 2020
Czech PM Babis’ party wins wide support in regional elections
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis' party won in 10 of 13 regional elections on Saturday in a vote seen as an indicator of support for his party's handling of the country's second wa...
Oct 03, 2020
Iran temporarily releases French-Iranian academic from jail, lawyer says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has temporarily released French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who has been in jail after being convicted of security breaches, her lawyer said on Twitter on Saturday. "Farib...
Oct 03, 2020
KLM plane in Bucharest searched after bomb threat, no explosives found
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - KLM flight KL1376 from Bucharest to Amsterdam was evacuated before departure on Saturday following a bomb threat, which later appeared to have been a false alarm, a spokeswoman f...
Oct 03, 2020
Russia confirms pollution off Far East amid concern about ‘ecological disaster’
By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia told residents on Saturday to stay away from a pristine beach in the Far East due to unexplained water pollution that Greenpeace said was evidence of an "e...
Oct 03, 2020
Egypt unveils 59 ancient coffins in major archaeological discovery
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the v...
Oct 03, 2020
UK PM and EU say significant gaps remain, tell negotiators to work intensively
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the head of the EU's executive, Ursula von der Leyen, instructed their negotiators to work intensively to try to bridge the gaps that remain...
Oct 03, 2020
UK’s Raab says Britain won’t be ‘held over a barrel’ by EU anymore
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said the European Union no longer has the power to treat Britain poorly, and any deal on its future relationship with the bloc must be fair. "Y...
Oct 03, 2020
Nepal Prime Minister’s advisers test positive for COVID-19
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Three advisers to Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli said on Saturday they had tested positive for COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of 528 people in the country. Oli's p...
Oct 03, 2020
Police set up traffic controls as Madrid heads back into lockdown
MADRID (Reuters) - Police set up controls and stopped cars on major roads into and out of Madrid on Saturday as the city went back into lockdown due to surging coronavirus cases. Some 4.8 million peop...
Oct 03, 2020
