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Japan lawmakers call for military drills with U.S. around disputed islets
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese lawmakers on Thursday compiled a draft proposal urging the government to hold joint military drills with the United States around a group of East China Sea islands administe...
Sep 17, 2020
EU details energy savings and renewables push to reach tougher climate target
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union needs to hike its renewable energy and energy saving targets, according to its analysis published on Thursday of how the bloc could make deeper e...
Sep 17, 2020
Hundreds of French COVID-19 testers strike over work conditions, says union
PARIS (Reuters) - Several hundred workers at COVID-19 testing laboratories across France walked out on Thursday in protest against poor working conditions, one of the country's biggest trade unions sa...
Sep 17, 2020
In England, parents despair at COVID dilemma as testing system buckles
By Andrew MacAskill and Ben Makori BIRMINGHAM/SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England (Reuters) - Parents across England are facing a COVID-19 dilemma: their children are not allowed to return to school unless they ...
Sep 17, 2020
NATO keeps France-Turkey probe under wraps as tempers flare
By Robin Emmott, John Irish and Tuvan Gumrukcu BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A NATO investigation into a naval standoff between French and Turkish ships in June has been rated too sensitive to discuss in publi...
Sep 17, 2020
BHP sought to disturb cultural sites even after concerns raised: inquiry
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Group pursued permission to damage Aboriginal cultural sites in April, an Australian parliamentary inquiry heard on Thursday, despite being told of the dist...
Sep 17, 2020
Lebanon’s Hezbollah accuses U.S. of obstructing government formation
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Iran-backed Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah accused the U.S. administration on Thursday of obstructing efforts to form a new government, which France has been pressing Lebanese...
Sep 17, 2020
Mexican president says there is a proposal to buy predecessor’s luxury jet
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that he has received a proposal for the purchase of his predecessor's luxury jet, which the government has been a...
Sep 17, 2020
Austria caps private indoor gatherings at 10 people as COVID-19 advances
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is limiting private indoor gatherings to 10 people in the face of rising coronavirus case numbers, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Thursday, a day after Germany issued a t...
Sep 17, 2020
Desperate migrants jump overboard from charity boat off Italy
ROME (Reuters) - Some 70 migrants jumped overboard from the Spanish rescue ship Open Arms on Thursday, in an attempt to swim to the nearby southern Italian city of Palermo. Those who jumped into the s...
Sep 17, 2020
