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Berlin bans protest against coronavirus curbs
BERLIN (Reuters) - The city of Berlin has banned demonstrations planned for this weekend to oppose measures imposed to stem the coronavirus pandemic, after organisers of a rally earlier this month fai...
Aug 26, 2020
Screens and scripture: An Israeli seminary fights coronavirus
SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) - Cocooned among plastic-sheeted cubicles stacked high with sacred books, Jewish seminary students have found a way to keep their studies in Israel going safely amid the coron...
Aug 26, 2020
French foreign minister Le Drian to meet China’s Wang Yi this weekend
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is to meet Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi in Paris this weekend, said French government spokesman Gabriel Attal on Wednesday. Wan...
Aug 26, 2020
Tokyo’s new see-through toilets aim to enhance public spaces
TOKYO (Reuters) - Public toilets are usually a welcome sight to anyone who has had too much to drink, but some might do a double take when they come across the ones that have just opened in a Tokyo pa...
Aug 26, 2020
Pressure mounts to disband Brazil’s crack anti-corruption squad
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Political pressure is growing in Brazil to disband a high-profile team of anti-corruption prosecutors that has put dozens of former executives and politicians beh...
Aug 26, 2020
Greece preparing bill to extend its western territorial waters: PM
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will soon submit draft legislation allowing the country to extend its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. The conserva...
Aug 26, 2020
EU freezes Mali training missions after coup
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has suspended its training missions in Mali after the military coup this month that removed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power, EU offi...
Aug 26, 2020
Sweden drops advice against travel to Netherlands, Bulgaria, Romania
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden on Wednesday withdrew its advise against unnecessary travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic to the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Romania. Sweden earlier withdrew advice against u...
Aug 26, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in UAE
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday as part of a Middle East tour following a U.S.-brokered deal on normalising relations between Isr...
Aug 26, 2020
Lebanon defence council denounces ‘Israeli assault’ at border
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Supreme Defence Council denounced on Wednesday what it called "an Israeli assault" in the south of the country along the border the night before. The council tasked the ca...
Aug 26, 2020
