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Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes northern Chile: GFZ
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 and at a depth of 44 km struck northern Chile on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. Chile's National Emergency Office said...
Sep 11, 2020
Israeli minister says visit by UAE delegates under review as lockdown looms
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A first official visit to Israel by a United Arab Emirates delegation, provisionally planned for Sept 22, may be postponed or conducted under restrictions given a looming coronav...
Sep 11, 2020
Train lines vandalised in Catalonia ahead of pro-independence rallies
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalan protesters burned tyres at several points across the region's rail network on Friday morning, forcing widespread cancellations in the first signs of trouble on a day know...
Sep 11, 2020
Fearful French horse owners want mystery mutilator caught
By Pascal Rossignol LE CROTOY, France (Reuters) - Rebecca Pavy, manager of the Cavalcade equestrian centre in northern France, had one message for the police hunting whoever is responsible for a spate...
Sep 11, 2020
Salvage team working to stop fuel leak from fire-hit supertanker
By Waruna Karunatilake and Nidhi Verma COLOMBO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A salvage team is still trying to plug a fuel leak from the fire-stricken New Diamond oil supertanker, Sri Lankan Navy spokesman In...
Sep 11, 2020
Taiwan president visits air defence battery as China tensions rise
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited an air defence missile base on Friday, where she urged the troops to be steadfast in their defence of the island's sovereignty and democracy as...
Sep 11, 2020
Abe plan for land-attack counterpunch could mark major military shift for Japan
By Tim Kelly and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Months before he announced his resignation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set in motion a policy change that could for the first time allow Japan's mili...
Sep 11, 2020
Koala chaos ends as Australian state leaders reach truce over habitat law
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A political crisis in Australia's most populous state ended on Friday as one of the parties in the governing coalition abandoned a threat to leave the alliance over policies designe...
Sep 11, 2020
Philippine health ministry says no conditions set to access U.S. vaccines
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will have access to potential COVID-19 vaccines being developed by U.S. firms without any strings attached, the health ministry said on Friday, after the presidentia...
Sep 11, 2020
EU ramps up no-deal preparations as it weighs UK’s Brexit ultimatum
By Guy Faulconbridge and Gabriela Baczynska LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union was on Friday ramping up preparations for a tumultuous end to the four-year Brexit saga as top officials prep...
Sep 11, 2020
