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Rio de Janeiro samba schools delay 2021 Carnival parade over coronavirus
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro decided on Thursday to delay Brazil's most famous Carnival parade that would normally have been held in February 2021, ...
Sep 24, 2020
‘Our first dictatorship is school’: Thai kids revolt
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Wearing white ribbons, publicly hacking off their hair and making "Hunger Games" salutes - Thailand's high school students are doing their best to shake up t...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. base commander calls Chinese Guam attack video ‘propaganda’
(Reuters) - The commander of Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam on Friday said a Chinese air force video that seemed to show a simulated attack on his facility was "propaganda"...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe: people need hope
By Katy Daigle (Reuters) - While the enormity of tackling climate change can be so overwhelming that some people shut down, presenting people with examples of how they can take action offers hope, say...
Sep 24, 2020
French PM: No COVID-19 app as I don’t take the metro
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government may be pushing for people to download its COVID-19 contact-tracing app, but when asked on Thursday whether he had done so, Prime Minister Jean Castex said he ha...
Sep 24, 2020
EU mission visits Venezuela in run-up to parliamentary vote
CARACAS (Reuters) - The European Union has sent a mission to Venezuela in the run-up to parliamentary election scheduled for December, the EU said on Thursday, as the country prepares for a vote that ...
Sep 24, 2020
UK expresses deep concern over arrest of HK activist Joshua Wong
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday he was deeply concerned about the arrest of Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, describing it in a tweet as another exa...
Sep 24, 2020
French PM raises specter of reconfinement as COVID-19 cases rise
PARIS (Reuters) - France's prime minister warned on Thursday that the government could be forced to reconfine areas if the number of COVID-19 cases did not improve in the coming weeks and defended tou...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. senators, citing Uighurs, urge Netflix to drop planned Chinese sci-fi series
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Five Republican U.S. senators have urged Netflix Inc to reconsider plans to adapt a Chinese science-fiction book trilogy into a TV series because they said the...
Sep 24, 2020
Flying Dutchman: Cargoes of Iranian fuel seized by U.S. remain at sea
HOUSTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tankers carrying Iranian gasoline that was confiscated by the U.S. government and became embroiled in a court ownership battle have struggled to discharge in the United...
Sep 24, 2020
