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Brazil coronavirus cases tops 3.5 million, fatalities exceed 112,000: health ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 45,323 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 1,204 deaths from the disease caused by the virus in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday. Brazil ...
Aug 20, 2020
U.N. water rights expert questions Chile’s avocado and energy priorities
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile on Thursday faced questioning by a United Nations water rights expert who suggested the government could be placing economic development over human rights t...
Aug 20, 2020
Indigenous protest over COVID-19 resumes on Brazilian grain highway
By Nayara Figueiredo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Indigenous protesters on Thursday blocked a key Brazilian grain highway in the Amazon state of Para, the federal highway police said, resuming a protest that...
Aug 20, 2020
U.S. outraged by killing of anti-government activists in Iraq: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was outraged by the assassination of civil society activists in Iraq and by attacks on protesters in Baghdad and Basra. "We urge th...
Aug 20, 2020
Scientists peer inside ancient Egyptian cat, snake and bird mummies
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are gaining new insight into the ancient Egyptian practice of mummifying animals, using high-resolution 3D scans to peer inside mummies of a cat, a bir...
Aug 20, 2020
Kuwait cabinet to cancel curfew imposed in all regions on August 30
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait will cancel the curfew imposed due to the cornavirus in all regions of the country on Sunday, August 30 at 3:00 am local time, the cabinet said on Thursday in a statement. (Re...
Aug 20, 2020
Three Iranian hostages held by Somali pirates since 2015 freed: maritime crime adviser
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Three Iranian hostages held by Somali pirates since 2015 have been freed, a senior maritime crime adviser told Reuters on Thursday. The men are the last of the crew of the Iranian ...
Aug 20, 2020
Slovenia adds neighbour Croatia to coronavirus quarantine list
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia on Thursday added neighbouring Croatia to its quarantine list, meaning that returning travellers will have to self-isolate. The decision to put Croatia on the list alrea...
Aug 20, 2020
U.S. triggers effort to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States moved to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran on Thursday, arguing Tehran was in violation of a nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 even though ...
Aug 20, 2020
ISS crew looks for source of small cabin air leak: NASA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three crew members on board the International Space Station will spend the weekend in the vessel's Russian segment while they search for the source of a cabin air leak, NASA and Rus...
Aug 20, 2020
