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Vehicle intercepted breaching U.S. ambassador’s residence in Moscow, spokeswoman says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian national in a vehicle breached the perimeter of the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Moscow on Friday, an embassy spokeswoman said in a statement, adding that he was interce...
Sep 18, 2020
European cities announce new restrictions as COVID-19 cases soar
By Guy Faulconbridge and Ingrid Melander LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - European nations from Denmark in the north to Greece in the south announced new restrictions on Friday to curb surging coronavirus in...
Sep 18, 2020
Amal Clooney quits UK envoy role over international law breach: Guardian
LONDON (Reuters) - Amal Clooney, the human rights lawyer who is married to actor George Clooney, has quit as the UK's special envoy on media freedom in protest at the country's intention to breach int...
Sep 18, 2020
China slams Pompeo for ‘arrogance’ during South America trip
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (Reuters) - China's embassy to Suriname on Friday accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of "smearing" Beijing, after Washington's top diplomat critiqued Chinese companies' b...
Sep 18, 2020
Peru to vote on presidential ouster as bid seems to lose strength
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Congress is set to vote on Friday over whether to oust President Martn Vizcarra after impeachment proceedings were launched last week, a bid that has roiled the...
Sep 18, 2020
Thai King endorses military’s annual reshuffle
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a new army chief from his own King's Guard faction in an annual reshuffle of defence personnel, the governm...
Sep 18, 2020
Myanmar reports 424 new COVID-19 cases in record daily rise
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar reported 424 new coronavirus infections on Friday, the Southeast Asian country's biggest daily rise so far amid a recent resurgence of the virus after weeks without confirme...
Sep 18, 2020
India’s Modi defends new law as critics warn of risks to farmers
By Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended new laws aimed at lifting restrictions on farmers on Friday after protests by oppositio...
Sep 18, 2020
‘We are abandoned,’ residents in COVID-hit Madrid district await lockdown decision
By Silvio Castellanos and Guillermo Martinez MADRID (Reuters) - Residents in Madrid's poorer districts said on Friday they felt abandoned and stigmatised as politicians pondered whether to put them un...
Sep 18, 2020
Prosecutors open homicide case after hacker attack on German hospital
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - German prosecutors opened a homicide investigation on Friday into the case of a patient who died after a hospital in the western city of Duesseldorf was unable to admit her bec...
Sep 18, 2020
