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Philippines urges virus vigilance after lowest cases in eight weeks
By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines reported its lowest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly eight weeks on Monday, but officials sought to temper optim...
Sep 07, 2020
Swedish government promises cash for elderly care after COVID-19 deaths
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's center-left government will boost funding for elderly care by around $500 million in its 2021 budget after the number of deaths in old people's homes during the coronavi...
Sep 07, 2020
Britain working to reduce quarantine through testing, Hancock says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is working to reduce the 14-day quarantine period for arrivals from countries including Spain and France, offering the chance of some respite to a travel industry reeling fr...
Sep 07, 2020
Belarusian leader Lukashenko to visit Moscow ‘in coming days’ for talks: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will visit Moscow for talks "in the coming days", the Kremlin said on Monday. Russia is a close ally of Lukashenko who is facing a political c...
Sep 07, 2020
Russia’s Lavrov lands in Syria for talks with Assad: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus on Monday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad and Syria's foreign minister, the RIA news agency reported. Russia is a...
Sep 07, 2020
Afghan negotiators wait in Kabul as start of peace talks faces delays: sources
By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan negotiators have pushed back a planned trip to Doha for long-awaited peace talks with the Taliban as logistical issues are still being worked on in the Qatari...
Sep 07, 2020
Exclusive: EU to blacklist 31 Belarus senior officials over election, diplomats say
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union aims to impose economic sanctions on 31 senior Belarus officials including the country's interior minister by mid-September, three EU diplomats ...
Sep 07, 2020
Rise in UK COVID-19 ‘concerning’ but not out of control: Hancock
LONDON (Reuters) - The rise in COVID-19 infections in Britain is "concerning", Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday, but he added that the government was still in control of the pandemic. The ...
Sep 07, 2020
Belarusian protest leader detained by unidentified people: Tut.By media report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Unidentified people detained Belarusian protest leader Maria Kolesnikova in central Minsk on Monday and drove her off in a minivan, the Belarusian Tut.By media outlet cited a witnes...
Sep 07, 2020
Indonesia reports 2,880 new coronavirus cases, 105 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,880 new coronavirus infections and 105 more coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, data issued by the country's COVID-19 task force showed. It was the lowest ri...
Sep 07, 2020
