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Second night of protests rocks Colombian capital; eleven dead
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Protests against police brutality in Colombia, which have rocked capital Bogota and satellite city Soacha for two nights, have left eleven dead and hundreds injure...
Sep 11, 2020
First European ‘travel bubble’ ends as coronavirus cases rise in Estonia
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The first European pandemic "travel bubble", created in May by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, burst on Friday, as Latvia said it was mandating a 14-day quarantine on everyone arriv...
Sep 11, 2020
Brazil freezes $43 million of assets in international drug trafficking probe
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian authorities blocked assets worth 230 million reais ($43 million) as part of a probe into drug trafficking and money laundering in two countries, according to a statemen...
Sep 11, 2020
Visegrad Four want visa-free travel for Belarusians, says Polish PM
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Visegrad Four grouping of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia want to propose visa-free movement for Belarus citizens and a new support package for the country at a...
Sep 11, 2020
Dutch register 1,270 new coronavirus cases Friday as surge continues
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch health authorities on Friday reported 1,270 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands, close to previous record highs set in early April. The Dutch government publ...
Sep 11, 2020
U.S. expects to identify Belarus sanctions targets in a few days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expects in a few days to identify Belarusians on whom it plans to impose sanctions for their involvement in election fraud or violence against protesters, U.S....
Sep 11, 2020
Japan’s government plans to include Tokyo to travel campaign from October
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday the government plans to include people living or vacationing in Tokyo in a subsidised domestic tourism campaign from Octo...
Sep 11, 2020
From field to compost: French firm develops hemp face masks
LEZINNES, France (Reuters) - In a factory in rural France, a laser cuts through a hemp canvas on the production line of what the manufacturer says is Europe's first compostable face mask. Geochanvre p...
Sep 11, 2020
Russia votes in local elections targeted by stricken Navalny
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians vote in an array of local elections on Sunday that will test the ruling United Russia party's grip on power less than a month after the suspected poisoning...
Sep 11, 2020
Swiss add Paris, Vienna to list of areas for coronavirus quarantine
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has added the regions around Paris and Vienna to its list https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/n...
Sep 11, 2020
