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Merkel, Macron agree to coordinate more on corona travel restrictions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Thursday to coordinate more closely on travel restrictions related to the coronavirus, the chancellor said aft...
Aug 20, 2020
New laws herald crackdown on Chile´s delinquent ‘daddies of the heart’
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The release of 10% of Chilean citizens' pension funds early to help withstand the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has sparked an unexpected...
Aug 20, 2020
Senegal port seeks removal of 2,700 tonnes of chemical that caused Beirut blast
DAKAR (Reuters) - The port of Senegal's capital Dakar on Thursday said it had requested the removal of around 2,700 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate stored in its complex - the same volume ...
Aug 20, 2020
France’s Macron says must preserve stability in eastern Mediterranean
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France and Germany agreed on the need to preserve stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and respect for the law. Macron also s...
Aug 20, 2020
Iran, in a letter to U.N., warns against U.S. push to trigger sanctions ‘snapback’: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States has no right to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran, the Iranian foreign minister said in a letter to the United Nations, calling on members of the Secur...
Aug 20, 2020
My death wouldn’t help Putin: Kremlin critic’s parting remark
By Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A day before Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny collapsed in what his allies say was a case of poisoning on Thursday, he met a group of young support...
Aug 20, 2020
Italy sees 845 new COVID-19 cases, highest since end of lockdown in May
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 845 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday, marking the highest daily increase since May, when the government eased its r...
Aug 20, 2020
Britain removes Portugal from quarantine list, adds Austria and Croatia
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain removed Portugal from its COVID-19 quarantine list on Thursday, but said rising infections elsewhere meant travellers arriving from Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago ...
Aug 20, 2020
Dubai’s highest court rejects superyacht seizure appeal in mammoth divorce battle
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's highest court has rejected an appeal by the ex-wife of a Russian billionaire to seize a 350 million ($460 million)superyacht in one of the world's costlies...
Aug 20, 2020
Poll shows Swiss back $6.6 billion plan to buy new fighter jets
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters are set to approve a 6 billion Swiss franc ($6.6 billion) purchase of new fighter jets in a referendum next month, a poll for broadcaster SRF showed on Thursday. The su...
Aug 20, 2020
