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Mexican president asks prosecutor to investigate new cash video, but defends brother
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday said the Mexican prosecutor's office should investigate a video of his brother receiving wads of cash, but added the money was l...
Aug 21, 2020
Spain seeks to shut brothels to curb coronavirus contagion
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Equality Minister Irene Montero has asked regions to order the closure of brothels in a bid to prevent new coronavirus outbreaks, a week after the government shut most night...
Aug 21, 2020
Putin bets on Lukashenko keeping power in Belarus for now: sources
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will probably cling to power for now despite protests against him and is conte...
Aug 21, 2020
Lebanon enforces new partial lockdown in effort to curb COVID-19
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter COVID-19 infections which have spiralled since the catastrophic explosion at Beirut port....
Aug 21, 2020
China ready to share water data with Mekong nations, Thailand says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - China is ready to share data on water flows into the Mekong River, a longstanding request of downstream Southeast Asian countries, a Thai foreign ministry official said on Friday. ...
Aug 21, 2020
Zimbabwe politician who called for protests denied bail for third time
HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean court on Friday denied bail for the third time to an opposition politician who called for anti-government protests last month, ruling he could be a danger to the public...
Aug 21, 2020
Happy drink in sad times: champagne-makers gather pandemic harvest
By Elizabeth Pineau and Noemie Olive BETHON, France (Reuters) - Winemakers in France's Champagne region are this week gathering a bumper grape harvest, but there is a bitter aftertaste: the slump in d...
Aug 21, 2020
Northern Cyprus set to reopen Cypriot ghost town on ceasefire lines
ANKARA (Reuters) - Northern Cyprus is almost ready to begin reopening the town of Varosha, the breakaway state's premier said on Friday, a former resort area fenced off and abandoned in no-man's land ...
Aug 21, 2020
Singapore to allow New Zealand, Brunei visitors in first border easing
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Friday said it would reopen its borders to visitors from New Zealand and Brunei from next month, in the city-state's first steps towards resuming leisure travel sinc...
Aug 21, 2020
Libya’s Tripoli-based government declares ceasefire: statement
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Tripoli-based, internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) announced a ceasefire on Friday, a statement from its leadership said. GNA head Fayez al-Sarra...
Aug 21, 2020
