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EU chief, set to unveil asylum policy, says migration is a fact of life
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's chief executive, set to unveil contentious new asylum policies for the bloc next week, described immigration on Wednesday as a normal fa...
Sep 16, 2020
UK records 3,991 new daily COVID-19 cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 3,991 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, compared with 3,105 the day before, official statistics showed. It also reported a further 20 new deat...
Sep 16, 2020
Russia accuses U.S. of promoting revolution in Belarus
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus, where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties, in a sign that Mo...
Sep 16, 2020
Sri Lanka seeks at least $1.9 million damage from owner of fire-hit tanker
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is seeking at least 340 million rupees ($1.89 million) from the owners of the stricken supertanker New Diamond for assistance rendered to the vessel since it caught fire ...
Sep 16, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases jump by highest number on record
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands increased by 1,542 on Wednesday, the biggest daily jump on record, data from health authorities showed. The jump follo...
Sep 16, 2020
Belarus charges protest leader Kolesnikova with undermining national security
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus investigators have officially charged Maria Kolesnikova, a protest leader, with incitement to undermine national security, the Investigative Committee said in a statement on...
Sep 16, 2020
Ukraine and Belarus argue over Hasidic Jewish pilgrims stranded at border
By Matthias Williams and Ilya Zhegulev KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine accused Belarus on Wednesday of trying to escalate a row over 2,000 Hasidic Jewish pilgrims stranded at a border crossing after Ukrainia...
Sep 16, 2020
Nine Bosnian Serbs arrested over wartime killings, persecution
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's police on Wednesday arrested nine Bosnian Serbs suspected of taking part in the killing and persecution of dozens of Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in an eastern village earl...
Sep 16, 2020
EU leaders to ask European Commission to name areas of strategic weakness
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will ask the EU executive next week to name strategic areas where the bloc relies too much on countries such as China and the United States, and to propose ...
Sep 16, 2020
Lessons learned from COVID frontline: A Paris hospital refines ICU treatment
By Noemie Olive PARIS (Reuters) - Doctor Alexandre Avenel has four COVID-19 patients in his intensive care ward, all with depleted blood oxygenation levels but none under intubation. That might not ha...
Sep 16, 2020
