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EU says Belarus’ Lukashenko not legitimate president
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - President Alexander Lukashenko is not the legitimate president of Belarus, the European Union said on Thursday, saying his abrupt swearing-in on Wednesday went dir...
Sep 24, 2020
Myanmar’s ‘maximum containment’ COVID plan pushed to brink as virus surges
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public health experts and do...
Sep 24, 2020
Indonesian protesters target government’s flagship jobs bill
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian activists and workers held rallies across the country on Thursday to protest against President Joko Widodo's flagship Job Creation bill, as parliament moves closer to wr...
Sep 24, 2020
UK PM Johnson has faith in top medical officer – health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faith in his top medical adviser, health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday, after reports said the government had sought advice on the ...
Sep 24, 2020
Australia’s Claremont serial killer found guilty after 30 years
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian man was found guilty on Thursday of killing two women in Perth in the mid-1990s, but acquitted of a third death, marking a partial close to one of the country's hig...
Sep 24, 2020
Finland health authorities warn of pandemic’s escalation
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Ministry of Social Affairs and Health warned on Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic was expanding again more rapidly in the country, after several months of relative cal...
Sep 24, 2020
Unusually heavy rains in Senegal expose big gap in $1.4 billion flood plan
By Alessandra Prentice DAKAR (Reuters) - More than two weeks after heavy rains hit Senegal, thigh-high stagnant water still fills streets in Dakar's suburbs, as angry residents ask what happened to a ...
Sep 24, 2020
UK health minister doesn’t rule out telling uni students to stay away from home at Christmas
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock on Thursday didn't rule out the possibility that university students would have to stay away from home over Christmas to reduce the spread of CO...
Sep 24, 2020
Less than 10,000 getting COVID-19 each day, UK health minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government estimates less than 10,000 people a day are contracting COVID-19, health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday, less than during the pandemic's peak, even as...
Sep 24, 2020
Nobel winners to get $110,000 raise as prize money increased
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Winners of the prestigious Nobel prizes this year will receive an extra 1 million crowns ($110,000), the head of the foundation which oversees the awards said on Thursday. Prize ...
Sep 24, 2020
