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Piracy, other high seas crimes rise in Asia: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite the coronavirus pandemic, piracy and other crimes have surged in Asian waters in the first seven months of the year, many committed by a Philippines-based Islamist group...
Sep 09, 2020
South African human rights lawyer George Bizos dies at 92
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Noted South African lawyer George Bizos, who defended Nelson Mandela in many of his trials during the anti-apartheid struggle and helped win his release from prison, died on W...
Sep 09, 2020
Saudi Arabia King Salman and German Chancellor Merkel discuss G20 over the phone: state news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz called German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed the G20 efforts to overcome the coronavirus pandemic consequences, the state news agency...
Sep 09, 2020
Floods kill at least 13 and injure 19 in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Floods have killed at least 13 people and injured 19 others in Burkina Faso following days of heavy rains across the country, including the capital, the government said on Wedn...
Sep 09, 2020
Canada launches its Black entrepreneurs program
By Mahad Arale TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian government has teamed up with some of the country's largest financial institutions to launch a C$221 million ($168 million) program for Black entreprene...
Sep 09, 2020
U.S. set to end enhanced screening of some international travelers for COVID-19: sources
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is set to end enhanced screening of some international passengers for COVID-19 and drop requirements that travelers coming from the targe...
Sep 09, 2020
Brexit deal can be done despite UK ‘chaos’: Irish foreign minister
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's foreign minister on Wednesday said he believed a new post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union can be done despite the "chaos" caused by the British go...
Sep 09, 2020
Man dies in Bogota following altercation with two police officers
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A man died in Bogota, the Colombian capital, on Wednesday after being detained by two police officers who repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun despite the victim's pleas for them ...
Sep 09, 2020
Germany advises against tourist trips to batch of European destinations
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday advised tourists against travelling to a batch of European destinations including Prague, Geneva, Dubrovnik and Corsica due to high coronavir...
Sep 09, 2020
Russia detains deputy energy minister Tikhonov over fund embezzlement allegations
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state investigators have detained Anatoly Tikhonov, a deputy energy minister, on funds embezzlement allegations, the Investigative Committee said on Wednesday, after conduct...
Sep 09, 2020
