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Mali junta moves toward selecting interim president after embargo threat
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's ruling junta said on Wednesday that it had started the process of naming an interim president, after West African presidents threatened a total embargo on t...
Sep 16, 2020
Belarusian Venus: bruised female nude takes aim at police violence
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Imagine a painting of a female nude but with the bare flesh of her legs and body blotched with purple, green and yellow bruises as she lies on the floor and embrace...
Sep 16, 2020
Germany adds Vienna and Budapest to coronavirus risk list
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has added Austria's capital Vienna and Hungary's capital Budapest to its pandemic risk list due to the rising number of coronavirus infections there, authorities said on Wed...
Sep 16, 2020
Torture rife in Belarus police stations, rights groups say
By Stephanie Nebehay and Cecile Mantovani GENEVA (Reuters) - Protesters are being tortured in police stations across Belarus, where authorities have failed to open investigations, human rights experts...
Sep 16, 2020
Senior U.S. State Department official to visit Taiwan for weekend memorial service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach will visit Taiwan for a memorial service for former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui on Saturday, the U.S. State Departm...
Sep 16, 2020
Polish ruling party faces internal struggle over LGBT, women’s rights
By Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is resisting efforts by ultra-conservatives in the ruling coalition to step up a government crackdown on LGBT and women'...
Sep 16, 2020
Brazil’s Rio risks second wave of COVID-19 with ill-timed reopening
By Pedro Fonseca and Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The reopening of beaches and bars as Rio de Janeiro heads into the heady summer season risks a second spike of coronavirus infections...
Sep 16, 2020
UK PM Johnson says starting to see chilling of free speech in Hong Kong
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday the effects of China's national security law were already beginning to be felt in Hong Kong. Johnson, speaking to a parliament...
Sep 16, 2020
Pompeo says will do all it needs to do to ensure Iran sanctions enforced
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States would return to the United Nations to reimpose sanctions on Iran next week and would do all it needed to ...
Sep 16, 2020
Polish court lets Communist-era secret police challenge automatic pension cuts
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that former employees of the Communist-era secret police can challenge government rules that automatically cut their pensions, saying any s...
Sep 16, 2020
