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Mali interim president can be soldier or civilian – rapporteur
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Participants in talks about Mali's political future agreed on Saturday that the interim president could be a soldier or a civilian and that the transitional period would last 18 mon...
Sep 12, 2020
Libya’s Haftar committed to ending oil blockade, U.S. embassy says
CAIRO (Reuters) - Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar has committed to ending a months-long blockade of oil facilities, the U.S. embassy in the country said in a statement on Saturday. The statement said ...
Sep 12, 2020
Pakistani police hunt for gang rape suspects as protests held across country
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Protests were held in several Pakistani cities for a second day on Saturday over the handling of an investigation into the gang rape of a mother travelling with he...
Sep 12, 2020
French PM to end self-isolation after another negative COVID-19 test
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested negative for COVID-19 again and will come out of self-isolation on Saturday, a week after being in contact with someone who had a positiv...
Sep 12, 2020
Sri Lanka navy plugs leak on fire-hit supertanker
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan navy said on Saturday it had sealed an inlet on the fire-stricken New Diamond oil supertanker that was leaking fuel oil and sparking fears of an environmental disast...
Sep 12, 2020
Cuba shuts down interprovincial transportation due to new COVID-19 fears
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban state media reported on Saturday interprovincial transportation would be shut down and a curfew in Havana extended until the end of the month as a surge in COVID-19 cases in t...
Sep 12, 2020
UK records 3,497 more confirmed cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 3,497 confirmed new cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Saturday, compared with 3,539 a day earlier. It also reported a further ...
Sep 12, 2020
Myanmar residents barricade city streets as coronavirus cases rise
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - Some residents of Myanmar's biggest city used pieces of wood and corrugated iron to make barricades around their neighbourhoods late on Friday, trying to keep out CO...
Sep 12, 2020
Pfizer, BioNTech propose expanding COVID-19 vaccine trial to 44,000 volunteers
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have proposed to the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the enrollment of their Phase 3 pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial to up to about 44,000 partic...
Sep 12, 2020
Europe should take more minors from Moria migrant camp: Germany’s Scholz
BERLIN (Reuters) - Plans by European countries to take some 400 unaccompanied children from the burned down Moria refugee camp in Greece should mark just the beginning of their efforts, German Vice Ch...
Sep 12, 2020
