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Indonesia reports record new coronavirus cases for second day
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Friday reported 3,003 new coronavirus cases, its biggest rise in new infections for a second successive day, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. The ne...
Aug 28, 2020
New Zealand’s Ardern takes mask making into her own hands ahead of virus measure
(Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she was making her own face covering to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, raising the profile of a public health measure whi...
Aug 28, 2020
Lebanese presidency to convene consultations on Monday to designate new PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese presidency will convene consultations with parliamentary blocs on Monday to designate a new prime minister, the presidency said, after the government quit earlier this ...
Aug 28, 2020
Ukraine has frozen dialogue with Belarus: foreign minister
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has frozen contact with Belarus and joined the European Union in condemning the recent elections in its northerly neighbour as not free or fair, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba...
Aug 28, 2020
Poland calls Lukashenko’s words unacceptable as relations become tense
WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's comments that Warsaw may be plotting to seize part of the country if its political crisis worsened are unacceptable, Krzysztof Szczerski, an...
Aug 28, 2020
UK transport minister: ‘It is now safe to return to work’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government will urge people to return to offices and other workplaces where it is safe to do so to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, transport minister ...
Aug 28, 2020
Wearing masks is not compulsory for cyclists in Paris, police say
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris police department said on Friday that people doing outdoors exercise and cyclists will not have to wear face masks outdoors after authorities made masks mandatory everywhere in...
Aug 28, 2020
Church protests, COVID-19 test Montenegro’s long-ruling party in Sunday vote
PODGORICA (Reuters) - The tiny Adriatic republic of Montenegro goes to the polls on Sunday riven by tensions over a religious communities law resisted by the powerful Orthodox Church and grappling wit...
Aug 28, 2020
Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza over rockets, fire balloons
TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft and tanks struck Hamas facilities in Gaza on Friday and militants fired half a dozen rockets towards southern Israel, the military said, as mediators work fo...
Aug 28, 2020
France hoping to avoid quarantine measures on travel to-and-from Switzerland
PARIS (Reuters) - France is hoping to avoid COVID-related quarantine measures imposed on its citizens travelling to and from Switzerland, French junior European affairs minister Clement Beaune told Eu...
Aug 28, 2020
