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Myanmar reports 1,000 coronavirus cases in one day in record rise
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar reported 1,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, in a record daily rise, as the total number of deaths in the country so far rose to 150. The Southeast Asian nation has now re...
Sep 24, 2020
Indian farmers intensify protests over new grain bills
By Rajendra Jadhav and Chandini Monnappa MUMBAI/BENGALURU, (Reuters) - Indian farmers intensified their protests over three new bills that they believe could pave the way for the government to stop bu...
Sep 24, 2020
Palestinian rivals agree to hold election in six months
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian factions have agreed to hold an election within six months, in the latest of many attempts to end more than a deca...
Sep 24, 2020
UK’s Integumen unveils prototype COVID-19 breath test
LONDON (Reuters) - Integumen, a British company that developed a system to detect the COVID-19 virus in waste water, said the same technology could be deployed in a personalised breath test that could...
Sep 24, 2020
Slovak conservatives hope to tighten abortion law, rights groups protest
By Radoslav Stoklasa BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Christian lawmakers in Slovakia hope to win parliamentary approval for a tightening of abortion rules in a vote expected on Friday, part of a trend towards ...
Sep 24, 2020
UK seeks to seize $39 million from lawyer who helped corrupt Nigerian politician
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - British prosecutors launched an attempt on Thursday to confiscate 30.8 million pounds ($39.3 million) from a London lawyer who assisted a Nigerian politician in l...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. renews waiver for Iraq to import Iranian energy, for 60 days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to import Iranian electricity imports, a State Department official said on Thursday, this time for 60 days, a period which he sai...
Sep 24, 2020
German Catholic Church to offer abuse victims compensation
BERLIN (Reuters) - The victims of sexual abuse in Germany's Catholic Church can apply for compensation payments of up to 50,000 euros from next year, the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference (DB...
Sep 24, 2020
Wealthy Britons step up citizenship shopping to thwart Brexit
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - The number of British entrepreneurs looking to "buy" citizenship from countries offering visa-free access to the European Union has risen sharply, investment migrat...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. to announce more Iran sanctions on Thursday, top envoy says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will slap new sanctions on a number of Iranian officials and entities including a judge who sentenced Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari to death, U.S. Special Repr...
Sep 24, 2020
