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U.S. officially notifies Hong Kong it has ended three agreements: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said it notified Hong Kong on Wednesday that Washington has suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with the semi-autonomous city following ...
Aug 19, 2020
Egypt says from Sept travelers must show coronavirus test results
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will require all visitors to the country to present Polymerase Chain Reaction test results for the new coronavirus on arrival from Sept. 1, the prime minister said in a televis...
Aug 19, 2020
Belarusian activist to press fight against Lukashenko in league with opposition leader
By Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarusian activist Veronika Tsepkalo plans to meet opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Lithuania to discuss their next steps towards ousting President...
Aug 19, 2020
Belarus crisis unsettling for Putin at home as opponents take heart
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - The political crisis rocking Belarus presents a foreign policy challenge for President Vladimir Putin, who wants to keep the country firmly in Moscow's orbit, and t...
Aug 19, 2020
Hungary to tighten COVID-19 restrictions from September, says PM’s aide
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is advising citizens to avoid holidaying abroad from the start of next month and is planning to tighten restrictions due to a rising number of coronavirus cases in Europe,...
Aug 19, 2020
U.S. announces nearly $204 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the United States is providing nearly $204 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Iraq, Iraqi...
Aug 19, 2020
Egyptian electoral list dominated by Sisi supporters wins Senate election
CAIRO (Reuters) - A 100-member closed electoral list dominated by supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a third of the seats in a newly created Senate, the head of the National Ele...
Aug 19, 2020
Russia says it has intercepted U.S. spy planes over Black Sea: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had scrambled a jet above the Black Sea to intercept two U.S. spy planes approaching its border, following a similar incident earlier ...
Aug 19, 2020
Russia’s defence ministry says intercepts U.S. spy plane above Baltic sea: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had intercepted a U.S. spy plane above the Baltic sea, the Interfax news agency reported. The U.S. spy plane moved away from the Russi...
Aug 19, 2020
Spain reports record 3,715 new coronavirus cases since end of lockdown
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain reported 3,715 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday, marking a new daily record since the country came out of a strict lockdo...
Aug 19, 2020
