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Merkel says next weeks decisive for Brexit talks
BERLIN (Reuters) - Negotiations over Britain's post-Brexit relationship with the European Union will enter their decisive phase over the coming weeks, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. M...
Aug 28, 2020
J&J’s Janssen to begin Phase II COVID-19 vaccine trials next week in Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's Janssen unit will begin Phase II trials for its COVID-19 vaccine in Spain, the Netherlands and Germany next week, Spanish health minister Salvador Illa announced...
Aug 28, 2020
EU working on further COVID-19 vaccine contracts: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Commission is working on signing further contracts with drug companies to secure COVID-19 vaccines, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. On Thursday a spokes...
Aug 28, 2020
Belaruskali says operating at full capacity after some staff joined protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian potash miner Belaruskali said on Friday it had been operating at full captacity since Aug. 20 after operations were partially halted this month when some of its workers j...
Aug 28, 2020
Merkel vows to speed up fight against climate change
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she would accelerate the fight against climate change in the coming years. At a news conference, she said she wanted a carbon pricing ...
Aug 28, 2020
Men accused of helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape face U.S. extradition hearing
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday will hear arguments over whether two Massachusetts men can be extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped former Nissan Motor Co Ltd ...
Aug 28, 2020
Acting leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, during a raid on an apartment in Cairo. The arrest is the latest blo...
Aug 28, 2020
Polar bear kills man in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago
OSLO (Reuters) - A man was killed by a polar bear in the Norwegian Arctic Svalbard islands early on Friday, local authorities said, the first such deadly incident in nine years. The man, a foreign nat...
Aug 28, 2020
West African leaders to push Mali junta to hand over power within a year
BAMAKO (Reuters) - West African leaders seeking a return to democracy in Mali will on Friday demand that the military junta that ousted the president in a coup last week appoint a civilian head of gov...
Aug 28, 2020
Saudi-led coalition says destroys Houthi drone: Saudi Press Agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed on Friday an explosives-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned group in the direction of Sau...
Aug 28, 2020
