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Rule of law situation in Poland has deteriorated: European Parliament
WARSAW (Reuters) - The situation surrounding the rule of law in Poland has seriously deteriorated, the European Parliament said on Thursday, adding to pressure on Warsaw amid an EU investigation that ...
Sep 17, 2020
One in 7 reported COVID-19 infections is among health workers, WHO says
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - One in seven cases of COVID-19 reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a health worker and in some countries that figure rises to one in three, the a...
Sep 17, 2020
Two-thirds of Japan public support new PM Suga: Kyodo poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government was backed by 66.4% of the public, Kyodo news agency said on Thursday, citing the results of its telephone poll conducted on t...
Sep 17, 2020
WHO says more than 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation's COVAX global vaccine plan to help buy and distribute immunisation shots for COVID-19 fairly around the world, ...
Sep 17, 2020
Burundi impunity for abuses continues, says U.N. report, as another mass grave opened
GENEVA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Impunity for rape, murder and other abuses is still widespread in Burundi despite a change of government, a U.N. report released on Thursday said. The report comes days afte...
Sep 17, 2020
Hawaii to allow pre-travel test option to skip quarantine on arrival
(Reuters) - Hawaii Governor David Ige said on Wednesday the state's pre-travel testing progam would give travelers the option of potentially avoiding a 14-day quarantine period on arrival from next mo...
Sep 17, 2020
Poland wants EU to pledge at least 1 billion euros to stabilize Belarus
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Poland wants the European Union to offer Belarus financial assistance of at least 1 billion euros, Prime Minster Mateusz Morawiecki said. "The fund should indeed be significant. .....
Sep 17, 2020
Delhi police file rioting charges against government critics
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police have filed charges against 15 people over Hindu-Muslim riots in the capital, a spokesman said on Thursday, prompting criticism from rights groups th...
Sep 17, 2020
Uganda reverses forest destruction by inviting in … loggers
By Elias Biryabarema KALAGALA, Uganda (Reuters) - For decades, farmers hungry for land and families needing firewood whittled away at Uganda's forests, home to endangered gorillas, elephants and chimp...
Sep 17, 2020
In occupied West Bank, Palestinian bloggers see local tourism as defiance
ARTAS, West Bank (Reuters) - Two Palestinian travel bloggers are promoting local Palestinian tourism in the West Bank as an act of defiance against Israeli occupation. The West Bank is scattered with ...
Sep 17, 2020
