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London Mayor Khan urges swift action to halt COVID-19 spread
LONDON (Reuters) - London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants fast action to halt the worsening spread of COVID-19 in London, a spokeswoman for Khan said on Sunday, adding that it was better to move too early than...
Sep 20, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. to slap sanctions on over two dozen targets tied to Iran arms
By Steve Holland and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran's nuclear, missile and conventional arms ...
Sep 20, 2020
UK violinist Hope serenades Czechs from floating stage on river Vltava
PRAGUE (Reuters) - British violinist Daniel Hope has given a concert with a difference - performing on a floating stage on the Vltava river in the centre of Prague, bringing some welcome musical relie...
Sep 20, 2020
Bahrain says it foils ‘terrorist attack’ backed by Iran – Saudi state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain said on Sunday it had foiled a "terrorist attack" that was backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Saudi state TV Al-Ekhbariya reported, citing Bahrain's Ministry...
Sep 20, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to undergo surgery Friday, newspapers say
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to undergo surgery to remove a bladder stone on Friday, Brazilian newspapers reported, citing government sources. Bolsonaro will be...
Sep 20, 2020
Berlin protesters say EU must let in migrants before bloc outlines plans
BERLIN (Reuters) - Protesters called on European Union states to allow in migrants stuck in Greek camps at a demonstration in Berlin on Sunday before the EU sets out proposals this week on how to help...
Sep 20, 2020
Myanmar orders Yangon stay at home from Monday
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar announced a stay-at-home order for its biggest city Yangon after reporting a record daily increase in new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The order in Yangon, My...
Sep 20, 2020
Large ferry runs aground off Finnish island, nobody hurt
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A ferry carrying almost 300 people between Finland and Sweden ran aground off an island in the Baltic Sea on Sunday but nobody was hurt, said Viking Line, the company which opera...
Sep 20, 2020
Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China
NINGBO, China (Reuters) - Authorities in China's northeastern Jilin province have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported squid, health authorities in the city of Fuyu said on Sunday,...
Sep 20, 2020
Russian jets strike rebel-held bastion in heaviest strikes since ceasefire
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition sources said Russian jets bombed rebel-held northwestern Syria on Sunday in the most extensive strikes since a Turkish-Russian deal halted ma...
Sep 20, 2020
