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Face mask sales soar as Swedes eye potential guideline change
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden is seeing a spike in demand for face masks, several drug stores said, ahead of a possible U-turn by the authorities, who have so far doubted their effectiveness in fightin...
Aug 31, 2020
Brazil police to arrest more than 400 people in drug gang crackdown
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police said on Monday they are seeking the arrest of more than 400 people with alleged links to criminal gangs, in a major nationwide operation involving more than...
Aug 31, 2020
India’s foreign minister says favorable U.S. visa policy good for both countries
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Monday a United States visa policy that supports Indian talent is mutually beneficial and a "win-win" for both countries....
Aug 31, 2020
Lebanese turn their back on ‘hopeless’ country after blast
By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Days after the port explosion that ravaged Beirut, a news anchor at a little-watched state TV channel declared he was leaving Lebanon for good. "I can no longer sta...
Aug 31, 2020
Some Russian teachers fear back-to-school shots of ‘Sputnik V’ COVID vaccine
By Olesya Astakhova and Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - A small independent Russian teachers' union is urging members not to be coerced into accepting shots of the "Sputnik V" coronavirus vaccine...
Aug 31, 2020
Romania’s minority government survives no-confidence motion
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist minority government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban survived a motion of no-confidence by the Social Democrat opposition on Monday, with parliamentary debates ...
Aug 31, 2020
EU envoy sees Serbia-Kosovo normalization deal in months
By Marja Novak BLED, Slovenia (Reuters) - EU-mediated negotiations on normalizing relations between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo could lead to a deal within months, the EU's envoy dealing ...
Aug 31, 2020
France opens probe after magazine portrays Black politician as slave
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor's office said on Monday it was opening an investigation into an alleged racist insult after a French right-wing magazine published an article with an illustratio...
Aug 31, 2020
UK PM Johnson has chosen top civil servant, Financial Times says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a chosen a member of his inner circle to oversee a wide-ranging overhaul as head of the civil service, the Financial Times reported on Monda...
Aug 31, 2020
Australian journalist detained in China
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained an Australian citizen who worked as a high-profile television anchor in China, Australia's foreign minister Marise Payne said in ...
Aug 31, 2020
