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Uzbekistan stages outdoor exams for 1.4 million university applicants
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of youngsters headed to sports arenas across Uzbekistan on Wednesday to sit university entrance exams in the open air due to the coronavirus pandemic. The massiv...
Sep 02, 2020
Qatar Emir meets Trump adviser Kushner: statement
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, met U.S. President Donald Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday, the Amiri Diwan said, following an accord between th...
Sep 02, 2020
Britain still not engaging constructively on key Brexit areas, says EU’s Barnier
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain has so far not engaged constructively in the key areas under negotiation on future ties with the European Union that must be settled by the end of next month, the bloc's chi...
Sep 02, 2020
Spanish court strips late dictator Franco’s heirs of summer palace
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court stripped General Francisco Franco's heirs of the late dictator's summer palace and ordered it to be transferred to the Spanish state, which had claimed ownership of ...
Sep 02, 2020
German SPD leader can call anti-lockdown protesters ‘Covidiots’: prosecutors
BERLIN (Reuters) - Anti-lockdown protesters and face-mask refusers can be called "Covidiots", German prosecutors said on Wednesday, dismissing legal complaints against Social Democrat co-leader Saskia...
Sep 02, 2020
Saudi Arabia sentences seven Islamist militants to death over killings of Shi’ites
RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi court has sentenced seven Islamic State militants to death over a 2014 shooting attack that killed eight Shi'ite Muslims near the eastern city of al-Ahsa, state television r...
Sep 02, 2020
UK PM Johnson says furlough scheme keeps people in ‘suspended animation’
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday a furlough scheme created to retain jobs during the coronavirus pandemic was now keeping people in "suspended animation", and that the...
Sep 02, 2020
China cabinet approves two nuclear power projects: state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's cabinet approved two nuclear power projects, according to state radio on Wednesday evening, quoting the country's cabinet meeting. The approved projects were Hainan Changj...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. faces hurdles in trying to nudge Belarus toward democracy
By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hindered by frayed ties with Europe, limited leverage and doubts about President Donald Trump's devotion to democracy in Belarus, the Unit...
Sep 02, 2020
Belarusian opposition council member leaves for Poland amid crackdown: newspaper
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A prominent member of Belarus's opposition council said on Wednesday he had left for Poland amid a police crackdown, but that he had not emigrated, Belarusian newspaper Nasha Niva r...
Sep 02, 2020
