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Indians erect banners, pray for Kamala Harris to win U.S. election
PAINGANADU, INDIA (Reuters) - Indians in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, which U.S. vice president hopeful Kamala Harris visited as a kid, erected banners, held special prayers and wished her succes...
Aug 18, 2020
Austria says it will issue travel warning for Spain’s Balearic islands
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is expanding its travel warning for the Spanish mainland to include the Balearic islands, such as Mallorca and Ibiza, because of an increase in coronavirus infections there,...
Aug 18, 2020
Russian major-general dies, three servicemen injured after blast in Syria: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian major-general died and three other servicemen were injured after a bomb exploded in the path of a Russian military convoy near Deir al Zor in Syria, the RIA news agency ci...
Aug 18, 2020
Russia jails anti-Kremlin activist over Putin mannequin stunt
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced an anti-Kremlin activist to two years in prison for displaying a life-size mannequin of President Vladimir Putin in a striped prison jumpsuit on...
Aug 18, 2020
Russian jets bomb opposition-held Idlib: witnesses
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jets believed to be Russian bombed several towns in rebel-held northwestern Syria in a new flare-up of violence since a Turkish-Russian deal that halted major ...
Aug 18, 2020
Cyprus says willing to engage on defining maritime zones
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Tuesday it was willing to engage with all its neighbours on defining maritime boundaries, amid a tense stand-off with Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean over jurisd...
Aug 18, 2020
COVID-19 cases in Americas reach 11.5 million, deaths 400,000: WHO director
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in the Americas have reached almost 11.5 million and over 400,000 people have died as a result of the pandemic, the World Health Organization regional director C...
Aug 18, 2020
Brazil police say that indigenous protest continues to block key grain highway
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Indigenous protesters continued to block key Brazilian grain highway BR-163, which links towns in the nation's biggest farm state Mato Grosso to the port of Miritituba, an import...
Aug 18, 2020
Ethiopia PM fires defence minister, a one-time ally, in major reshuffle
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday replaced the defence minister, his former ally Lemma Megersa, as part of a reshuffle ahead of elections in the heavily di...
Aug 18, 2020
‘Ball is in Russia’s court’ on nuclear arms deal, U.S. says
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States has informed Russia of its terms for extending a landmark treaty that limits their deployed strategic nuclear weapons and expires in February, and now it is Russia...
Aug 18, 2020
