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Suspects in high-profile rape case fled Egypt in July: prosecutors
CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven suspects in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 that is at the centre of an online campaign against sexual assault in Egypt have fled the country, the public p...
Aug 26, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan, Trump discuss Mediterranean tension on phone
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues, including the Mediterranean, Erdogan's of...
Aug 26, 2020
New Zealand court to announce sentence for mosque shooter
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A gunman who killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year in New Zealand's deadliest shooting will be sentenced on Thursday, after three days of emotionally charged statements from hi...
Aug 26, 2020
Colombia official says troops alone will not stop killings
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A recent spate of mass killings in Colombia will not be stopped by the presence of the armed forces alone, a high-ranking security official said on Wednesday, emphasizing that socia...
Aug 26, 2020
UK-U.S. in talks to introduce ‘air bridge’ between London and New York: Telegraph
(Reuters) - The UK and U.S. governments are in talks to introduce an "air bridge" between London and New York to enable travellers to sidestep quarantine, The Telegraph newspaper reported on Wednesday...
Aug 26, 2020
Brazil hits 3.7 million COVID-19 cases, death toll at 117,666: ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 47,161 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,086 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Brazil...
Aug 26, 2020
Brazil speaker Rodrigo Maia says he is not running for re-election
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Rodrigo Maia, who has been a key supporter of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes' reform agenda, said categorically on Wednesday that h...
Aug 26, 2020
Namibia Apartheid politician turned independence advocate dies of COVID-19
By Nyasha Nyaungwa WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Dirk Mudge, a white Namibian who began his political life with the pro-Apartheid National Party but later lobbied for Namibia's independence from South African ...
Aug 26, 2020
Exclusive: France sends reform roadmap to crisis-ridden Lebanon
By Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a roadmap to Lebanese politicians outlining political and financial reforms needed to unlock foreign aid and rescue the cou...
Aug 26, 2020
EU trade chief Hogan to resign: reports
DUBLIN (Reuters) - European Union trade chief Phil Hogan will tender his resignation to the EU's chief executive Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday evening, according to reports in Ireland's Irish Inde...
Aug 26, 2020
