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France’s Macron calls Lebanese president over need to form cabinet
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron called Lebanon's president on Friday to discuss the need to press on with efforts to form a government to lift the nation out of crisis, after the p...
Sep 18, 2020
French city of Nice tightens coronavirus curbs as cases soar
PARIS (Reuters) - The city of Nice on the French Riviera will ban gatherings of more than 10 people in public spaces and tighten rules on alcohol consumption outdoors as it seeks to curb COVID-19 infe...
Sep 18, 2020
Kremlin: bottle in Navalny case could have been evidence, but was removed from Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that a water bottle found in the hotel room of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who Germany and other western governments say was poisoned with a nerve a...
Sep 18, 2020
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero says he was duped into coming to Rwanda, NYT reports
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Paul Rusesabagina, depicted in a Hollywood movie as a hero who helped save Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide, said he believed he was flying to Burundi at...
Sep 18, 2020
Lebanon’s Geagea says Hezbollah demands strike core of French efforts
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Christian opposition politician Samir Geagea said on Friday demands by the Shi'ite groups Hezbollah and Amal to name the finance minister in a new government had struck at ...
Sep 18, 2020
Belarus opposition leader demands ends to violence, free and fair elections
GENEVA (Reuters) - Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, in a speech at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday, demanded the country's authorities end violence against protesters and se...
Sep 18, 2020
Japan’s new PM Suga and Trump to speak on phone on Sunday: FNN
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, with officials from both countries preparing for the first telephone call between th...
Sep 18, 2020
U.N. investigator on Belarus warns of ‘another iron curtain’
GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. investigator warned of the possibility of "another iron curtain" descending in Europe during an urgent debate on the human rights situation in Belarus in Geneva on Friday. "L...
Sep 18, 2020
Explainer: What happens next with UK plan to breach Brexit divorce treaty?
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pressing ahead with legislation on trade despite a warning from Brussels that it could wreck their future relationship and a...
Sep 18, 2020
Foreign judge quits Hong Kong’s top court, cites national security law concerns
HONG KONG/SYDNEY (Reuters) - One of the 14 foreign judges on Hong Kong's highest court said he had resigned due to concerns over a sweeping new national security law imposed by Beijing on the former B...
Sep 18, 2020
