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UN’s Guterres calls for $35 billion more for WHO COVID-19 program
ZURICH (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for $35 billion more, including $15 billion in the next three months, for the World Health Organization's "ACT-Accelerator" ...
Sep 10, 2020
A migrant mother saw her disabled son walk into the U.S. Then he disappeared
By Mimi Dwyer, Kristina Cooke and Sofia Menchu LOS ANGELES/PETEN, Guatemala (Reuters) - On Aug. 24, after waiting for five months in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez for a U.S. asylum ...
Sep 10, 2020
Fire erupts in Beirut port area, a month after massive blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A fire at Beirut port on Thursday sent up a large column of black smoke into the sky over the Lebanese capital a little more than a month since a massive blast devastated the port f...
Sep 10, 2020
Yemen Houthis say they attacked ‘important target’ in Riyadh with missile, drones
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis said they had attacked an "important target" in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Thursday using a ballistic missile and drones. The Saudi-led coalition, which has been at ...
Sep 10, 2020
Denmark to open embassy in Baghdad
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark said on Thursday it plans to open an embassy in Baghdad this autumn as part of its efforts to help combat Islamic State and contribute to the stabilization of the situat...
Sep 10, 2020
UK extradition hearing for WikiLeaks’ Assange postponed over COVID-19 concerns
LONDON (Reuters) - The London extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was postponed on Thursday because of concern that one of the lawyers involved might have been exposed to COVID-19...
Sep 10, 2020
EU court adviser backs ritual animal slaughter without stunning
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU judges should strike down a Belgian law requiring all animals be stunned prior to their death, which has effectively outlawed slaughter according to Jewish and Muslim rites, an...
Sep 10, 2020
France’s Macron says to seek common EU position on Turkey
PARIS (Reuters) - A summit of seven European Union member states on the Mediterranean due to take place on Thursday will push for a common EU position regarding Turkey, said French President Emmanuel ...
Sep 10, 2020
Turkey-Cyprus dispute holding up EU’s Belarus sanctions, diplomats say
By Robin Emmott, Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union sanctions on Belarus are being delayed by a separate dispute between Cyprus and Turkey over energy resources i...
Sep 10, 2020
Cambodia jails activist for PM overthrow plot as crackdown widens
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian activist has been imprisoned for five years for plotting to overthrow the government, a court said on Thursday, bringing to 17 the number of admini...
Sep 10, 2020
