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Indian rape victim dies weeks after assault triggering protests
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - A woman from the lowest rung of India's caste system died in hospital on Tuesday weeks after authorities said she was raped by a group of men, triggering p...
Sep 29, 2020
You’re kidding me? Children’s haircut costs rise most in post-lockdown Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Despite a sales tax trim, the cost of a haircut has soared in post-lockdown Germany and rose most for children last month, followed by men and least of all for women, the Federal St...
Sep 29, 2020
‘Laughing stock’: No party for much-delayed new Berlin airport
BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin will not hold a party when it opens its new airport on Oct. 31 because it is so embarrassed about how long it took to build, but it will mark the closure of the Tegel airport...
Sep 29, 2020
Pensioners’ paradise lost: COVID sows fear among Cote D’Azur retirees
By Caroline Pailliez and Eric Gaillard NICE, France (Reuters) - On a plot of gravel overlooking the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Jean-Claude Calcagno prepares for a round of petanque, th...
Sep 29, 2020
One million COVID-19 deaths ‘a very sad milestone’, but virus suppressable: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that one million deaths from COVID-19 was "a very sad milestone", after many victims suffered "a terribly difficult and lonely de...
Sep 29, 2020
Taiwan defence chief says no signs China is preparing for war
TAIPEI (Reuters) - There are no signs that China is preparing for all-out war with Taiwan, such as massing troops along its eastern coast, Taiwan's defence chief said on Tuesday, after repeated Chines...
Sep 29, 2020
Iran rejects Saudi’s claim on terrorist cell being trained by Revolutionary Guards: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has dismissed as "worthless" Saudi Arabia's claim that Tehran had trained a terrorist cell that Riyadh took down earlier this month, state TV reported on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia s...
Sep 29, 2020
Sweden to ease COVID restrictions on public gatherings in some cases
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will keep its rule that a maximum of 50 people can meet in public, but plans to introduce exceptions to the rule for restaurants and events where spectators can be seated ...
Sep 29, 2020
EU won’t accept Britain going back on Brexit deal, Germany’s Roth says: magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Europe Minister Michael Roth has written an open letter to the British government saying that the European Union cannot and will not accept London questioning the Brexit a...
Sep 29, 2020
High road at Chilling: India builds Himalayan bridges and highways to match China
By Devjyot Ghoshal CHILLING, India(Reuters) - Ligen Eliyas deftly turns the excavator's hydraulic arm to push a huge boulder into the Zanskar river below in a cloud of dust, clearing another bit of la...
Sep 29, 2020
