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COVID rules for pubs to change soon, UK minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Changes will be brought in to COVID-related rules affecting pubs, Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday. Asked whether pubs would open at the weekend, Hancock said:...
Sep 21, 2020
Nearly 80% displaced people have lost job, income due to virus: survey
OSLO (Reuters) - Some 77% of people displaced by conflicts have lost a job or revenue since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) showed on Monday....
Sep 21, 2020
Polish ruling party leaders meet amid coalition tensions
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish ruling party leaders hold an emergency meeting on Monday that could result in a split of the nationalist coalition, lawmakers have said, amid disagreements over long-term pol...
Sep 21, 2020
Normality could return in summer 2021 if vaccine succeeds: UK health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could return to pre-lockdown normal by next summer if a vaccine succeeds and was rolled out in the early part of 2021, health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday, adding th...
Sep 21, 2020
Czech PM Babis says epidemiologist Prymula to be named new health minister
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Monday that epidemiologist Roman Prymula will be the new health minister in his government. Prymula will replace his former boss, Adam Vojt...
Sep 21, 2020
Bulgarian court jails two men for life for 2012 bus bombing
SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian court sentenced two men to life imprisonment without parole on Monday over a 2012 bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver at a Black Sea airp...
Sep 21, 2020
Lebanese PM urges efforts to make French initiative succeed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's prime minister-designate on Monday called for cooperation from all sides in the formation of a new government and for efforts to secure the immediate success of a French i...
Sep 21, 2020
Rio Tinto has not formally committed to review threatened sites, Aboriginal group says
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Mining giant Rio Tinto has not formally committed to review the terms of an iron ore mine development that would let it destroy 124 culturally significant sites, a group represen...
Sep 21, 2020
UK can keep schools open, health secretary says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday that he wanted schools to remain open and avoid a return to mass home schooling, as the government was considering new measures ...
Sep 21, 2020
Christian pastor, soldier shot dead in Indonesia’s Papua
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A soldier and a Christian pastor have been shot dead in separate incidents at the weekend in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua, amid a flare-up in tensions between security f...
Sep 21, 2020
