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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
Relatives of MH17 crash to seek damages from suspects, lawyers say
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - More than 300 relatives of victims who died when a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was shot down in 2014 will seek unspecified damages from four suspects being tried in the Net...
Aug 31, 2020
Rwanda arrests ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero on terrorism charges
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda said on Monday it had detained Paul Rusesabagina - the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country's 1994 genocide - on terrori...
Aug 31, 2020
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee passes away
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, died on Monday after weeks in hospital, his son and the current president's off...
Aug 31, 2020
COVID-19 can wipe out health care progress in short order: WHO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 90% of countries have seen ordinary health services disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with major gains in medical care attained over decades vulnerable to ...
Aug 31, 2020
Finland launches its own coronavirus tracing app
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's health authorities on Monday launched the country's own and long-waited contact tracing smartphone app to combat the spread of COVID-19. "Everyone of us can start using ...
Aug 31, 2020
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus
(Reuters) - The European Commission said it would contribute 400 million euros ($475 million) to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID-19 vaccines, but did not clarify whethe...
Aug 31, 2020
With borders closed, South Africa pins hopes on cash-strapped local tourists
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Lisa Krohn's Ashanti Lodge in Cape Town - normally abuzz with backpackers from around the world - today sits largely empty, a sign of how the pandemic has crushe...
Aug 31, 2020
Moscow police open criminal case after anti-Kremlin blogger badly beaten
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow police opened a criminal inquiry on Monday after anti-Kremlin opposition activist and political blogger Yegor Zhukov was beaten and left bloodied outside his home at the week...
Aug 31, 2020
