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Pope says gossiping is a ‘worse plague’ than coronavirus
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged the faithful on Sunday to steer clear of gossip, calling it worse than the coronavirus and saying it could be used to divide the Roman Catholic Church. "Ple...
Sep 06, 2020
Saudi Arabia sentences three to death over links to 2017 Jeddah attack
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi court has sentenced three people to death for their involvement in an attack in Jeddah when two men blew themselves up after a shootout with police, state-run Al Ekhbariya te...
Sep 06, 2020
‘One vaccine isn’t enough’: Mexico aims for its own coronavirus fix
By Anthony Esposito and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is working to produce its own COVID-19 vaccines and could have one ready by next spring, according to a researcher coordinating l...
Sep 06, 2020
Senegal activates emergency floods aid plan after downpour
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has activated an emergency aid plan after a seven-hour downpour caused widespread floods. Water Minister Serigne Mbaye Thiam told national television ...
Sep 06, 2020
Czech president tries to tamp down China anger after speaker’s Taiwan trip
PRAGUE (Reuters) - President Milos Zeman sought on Sunday to defuse a row with China over a visit by the head of the Czech Senate to Taiwan, calling the speaker's trip a "boyish provocation". Senate s...
Sep 06, 2020
Nigeria to deliver aid by air in conflict-hit northeast
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's government plans to deliver humanitarian aid supplies by air to people in remote communities in parts of the northeast that have been ravaged by the decade-lon...
Sep 06, 2020
France’s Le Drian says it is urgent to reach deal on Brexit
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said in Sunday it was urgent to reach an agreement on Brexit trade talks and he blamed the stalemate on Britain's attitude. "The British pe...
Sep 06, 2020
Three migrants rescued near Malta after jumping off stranded tanker
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Three migrants were rescued off the coast of Malta on Sunday after they jumped overboard from a tanker that has been denied entry by several countries since a rescue operation a...
Sep 06, 2020
Fire on supertanker off Sri Lanka extinguished – navy spokesman
By Waruna Karunatilake COLOMBO (Reuters) - A fire on a supertanker abandoned off Sri Lanka's east coast has been extinguished, a Sri Lankan navy spokesman said on Sunday. "The fire on the oil tanker h...
Sep 06, 2020
Amid theft and accusations of sabotage, Haiti struggles to turn on the lights
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Rene Max Auguste says demand for solar panels at his store in the Haitian capital, Port au Prince, has soared over the past two years. The r...
Sep 06, 2020
