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‘My life’s work’: Venezuelan union leader vows to defend workers after pardon
By Angus Berwick and Maria Ramirez LA PICA, Venezuela (Reuters) - One of Venezuela's most influential union leaders has vowed to press on with his fight for workers' rights after his release this week...
Sep 03, 2020
Scotland adds Portugal to its COVID-19 quarantine list
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland will require travellers returning from Portugal and French Polynesia from 0300 GMT on Saturday to quarantine for 14 days, Scotland's Justice Minister Humza Yousaf said on T...
Sep 03, 2020
Israel announces partial national lockdown after coronavirus surge
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will impose a partial national lockdown next week to battle a coronavirus infection surge, the head of its pandemic task force said on Thursday, shouting...
Sep 03, 2020
Libyan interior minister restored to post after talks
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) on Thursday restored the interior minister to his post after announcing his suspension last week following pr...
Sep 03, 2020
France again registers over 7,000 new COVID-19 infections, ICU numbers spike
PARIS (Reuters) - France registered more than 7,000 new coronavirus infections over 24 hours for the second time in two days, the health ministry said on Thursday, while hospitalisations for the virus...
Sep 03, 2020
U.S. blacklisting of ICC prosecutor must be reversed, EU says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top diplomat called on Thursday for Washington to reverse its sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and another ...
Sep 03, 2020
U.S. troops to start extended exercises in Lithuania amid tensions over Belarus
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - U.S. troops and tanks will arrive in Lithuania on Friday for a two-month deployment near the Belarus border, but the government said the move was not a message to ...
Sep 03, 2020
Wales adds Portugal and more Greek islands to quarantine list
LONDON (Reuters) - Wales said it had added mainland Portugal, Gibraltar, French Polynesia and the Greek islands of Mykonos, Zakynthos, Lesbos, Paros, Antiparos and Crete to the destinations that requi...
Sep 03, 2020
Greece, Turkey agree to talks over Eastern Mediterranean, NATO says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO allies Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. "Following m...
Sep 03, 2020
Nigerian authorities disturbed by low level of coronavirus test sample collection
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities are disturbed by the low level of coronavirus test sample collections, a senior government official said on Thursday. "Despite the increased diagnostic capacity ...
Sep 03, 2020
