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Lithuania, Poland and Romania to ask EU leaders to offer trade, visa-free travel to Belarus
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The presidents of Lithuania, Poland and Romania will ask European Union leaders at a summit later this week to offer a support package for Belarus if the country holds a democratic...
Sep 21, 2020
Around 270 whales stranded on sandbar off Australia’s Tasmania
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Marine biologists were planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Monday. Government scientists...
Sep 21, 2020
Deep divisions as Afghan negotiators get down to details
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government and Taliban militants remain far apart on even the most basic issues a week into talks meant to end two decades of war t...
Sep 21, 2020
Botswana says cyanobacteria cause of mysterious elephant deaths
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana wildlife officials said on Monday that cyanobacteria was the cause of a spate of mysterious elephant deaths this year that had alarmed conservationists. Cyril Taolo, depu...
Sep 21, 2020
Taiwan plant hunters race to collect rare species before they’re gone
By Ann Wang TAITUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - In the forests and on remote offshore islands of Taiwan, a group of conservationists are racing to collect as many rare plant species as they can before they ar...
Sep 21, 2020
Israeli court approves extradition to Australia of sex-crime suspect
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli court ruled on Monday that a former principal of an Australian school accused of sexually assaulting students could be extradited to Australia for trial, but implement...
Sep 21, 2020
Indonesia president urged to delay regional polls over contagion threat
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian religious groups and experts, including a former vice president, are urging authorities to delay regional elections set for December, as coronavirus ...
Sep 21, 2020
Indonesian gravediggers under strain as COVID-19 burials surge in Jakarta
By Heru Asprihanto and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Gravedigger Junaedi Bin Hakim toils until nearly midnight almost every day in a Jakarta cemetery, preparing plots for fellow Indonesians ami...
Sep 21, 2020
UK says report on PM Johnson trip to Italy is ‘completely untrue’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain denied on Monday a newspaper report that Prime Minister Boris Johnson went to Italy last weekend, saying he had not travelled to the country in recent months. Italian newspa...
Sep 21, 2020
Protesters occupy Swiss square demanding action on climate change
By Denis Balibouse BERN (Reuters) - Up to 400 protesters occupied a square near the Swiss National Bank and parliament in Bern on Monday, as leaders of a group that has also targeted banks including C...
Sep 21, 2020
