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Palestinian leader calls for U.N.-led peace conference early next year
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to convene an international conference early next year to launch "...
Sep 25, 2020
Hungary’s Orban says EU should reverse Russia sanctions, not push Cyprus on Belarus
By Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should reverse its sanctions on Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Reuters on Friday, as he pushed for a...
Sep 25, 2020
UK says a lot of work still to do in Brexit talks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Friday said there was still a lot of work to do in talks with the European Union on a trade deal and called on the EU to translate a "more constructive attitude" into rea...
Sep 25, 2020
Poor should get Covid-19 vaccine first, Pope Francis says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The poor and weakest members of society should get preferential treatment when a vaccine for the coronavirus is ready, Pope Francis told the United Nations on Friday. Speaking...
Sep 25, 2020
Spain’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 716,481
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's cumulative tally of confirmed coronavirus infections rose by 12,272 on Friday from the previous day to 716,481, health ministry data showed. That included 4,122 diagnosed in...
Sep 25, 2020
In Argentina’s ranch heartlands, dry winds fan blazes as firefighters battle for control
By Cassandra Garrison BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In the grasslands and mountainous terrain of Argentina's Cordoba province, dry weather and strong winds are fanning blazes that are on track to outpace p...
Sep 25, 2020
‘Never-ending nightmare’: Violence returns to Paris street where Charlie Hebdo was attacked
By Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - The stabbing of two people in Paris's rue Nicolas-Appert on Friday brought violence back to the street where, five years ago, Islamist militants killed 12 people in th...
Sep 25, 2020
Coal miner’s daughter comes top in Afghan university entrance exam
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The daughter of an Afghan coal miner has come top in the country's university entrance exam and set her sights on becoming a doctor. Shamsia Alizada, 18, came f...
Sep 25, 2020
UK reports 34 new deaths after positive COVID-19 test, excluding Scotland
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 34 new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Friday, although the data excluded deaths in Scotland for technical reasons. (Reporting by William James...
Sep 25, 2020
French labs show how global supply bottlenecks thwart effort to ramp up testing
By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - Mass testing was meant to be the answer to the second wave. Politicians promised that with enough tests, conducted quickly enough, they could keep the coronavirus in...
Sep 25, 2020
