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Nine pilot whales die stranded on Spain’s northern coast
CARRENO, Spain (Reuters) - Nine stranded pilot whales have died on a beach on Spain's northern coast but local authorities and residents managed to help others back at sea, the regional government sai...
Sep 29, 2020
Pandemic could get out of control in certain German regions: Bavarian premier
BERLIN (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic could get out of control in certain regions, making certain concrete rules necessary, Bavarian premier Markus Soeder said on Tuesday. Soeder was speaking at...
Sep 29, 2020
UAE announces candidacy for U.N. Security Council seat
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced its candidacy for a two-year term on the U.N. Security Council in 2022-2023, the state news agency WAM said. The announcement came in a ...
Sep 29, 2020
Extinction Rebellion protester walks runway at Dior in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - A woman holding a banner reading "We are all fashion victims" infiltrated the catwalk at Christian Dior's show in Paris on Tuesday - walking the runway so calmly that it appeared at ...
Sep 29, 2020
Germany’s Merkel vows to avoid full national lockdown in pandemic
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to avoid a full national lockdown at all costs by quickly tracking infection chains and shutting down local outbreaks, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. "We wa...
Sep 29, 2020
UK reports record daily figure of 7,143 COVID-19 cases
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 7,143 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest single figure to date, and 71 deaths, the biggest toll since July. Lockdown measures are being imposed across...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. renews pressure on Europe to ditch Huawei in new networks
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Telecoms company Huawei Technologies is part of China's surveillance state, complicit in human rights abuses, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday, as Washington...
Sep 29, 2020
Russia lengthens prison sentence for Gulag historian to 13 years: Ifax cites lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday lengthened the prison sentence for Yuri Dmitriev, a historian of Stalin-era crimes who was charged with sexually abusing his adopted daughter, to 13 years...
Sep 29, 2020
Britain imposes sanctions on Belarus leader and aides
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Britain has imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and seven other officials over election fraud and violence against protesters, Foreign Secret...
Sep 29, 2020
Canada will impose sanctions on Belarus president, other senior officials
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is imposing sanctions against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and 10 other senior officials for committing human rights violations, the foreign ministry said in a stat...
Sep 29, 2020
