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U.S. becoming key driver of militarization in South China Sea, says top China diplomat
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Chinese government's senior diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Wednesday the United States is directly intervening in territorial and maritime disputes in the South ...
Sep 09, 2020
Venezuelan nurses trapped between COVID-19 and economic crisis
By Vivian Sequera and Mircely Guanipa CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan nurse Flor Perez works a grueling night shift at a public children's hospital in Caracas, where the coronavirus is a constant risk....
Sep 09, 2020
Greek wildfire rages near Athens, residential areas evacuated
ATHENS (Reuters) - A wildfire fanned by strong winds forced the evacuation of a boarding school and six residential areas southeast of Athens on Wednesday, Greece's fire brigade said. The settlement o...
Sep 09, 2020
For small printing firm, Myanmar election boosts business for now
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - While the coronavirus pandemic hits many businesses in Myanmar, one small printing firm is seeing business boom as popular leader Aung San Suu Kyi seeks re-election ...
Sep 09, 2020
Exclusive: EU prepares to lift sanctions on Libyan powerbroker, diplomats say
By John Irish and Robin Emmott PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union plans to remove an east Libyan powerbroker from its sanctions blacklist to encourage peace efforts and ensure the EU plays ...
Sep 09, 2020
Trump targeting WikiLeaks’ Assange as ‘political enemy’, UK court told
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted by the United States because he is a "political enemy" of President Donald Trump, his London extradition hearing was tol...
Sep 09, 2020
Portugal reports 646 new coronavirus cases, record since April 20
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal reported 646 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the highest daily toll since April 20, with transmission primarily occurring in family households, health secretary of stat...
Sep 09, 2020
Madrid bar and restaurants call for help as COVID crisis hits
MADRID (Reuters) - Holding banners reading "Help!" and "We are not the problem", Spanish bar, restaurant and nightclub owners gathered in central Madrid on Wednesday to ask the government for tax cuts...
Sep 09, 2020
Spanish government plans bill to ban Francoist foundation
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government is preparing a bill that will ban the Francisco Franco foundation, which works to defend the image of the late dictator, Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sa...
Sep 09, 2020
Norway arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police have arrested a man sought by French prosecutors on suspicion that he took part in a fatal attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris 38 years ago, the man's lawyer and p...
Sep 09, 2020
