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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
Dozens of Kenyan doctors strike over lack of PPE, delayed pay
By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - Dozens of doctors in at least two of Kenya's 47 counties have gone on strike over delayed salaries, inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for handling C...
Aug 18, 2020
Iran’s response to Israel-UAE pact: tough rhetoric, no action
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical and military elite is turning up the volume of its rhetoric against a surprise agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Tehran's arch-foe Israe...
Aug 18, 2020
Mauritius arrests captain of Japanese ship that caused oil spill
(Reuters) - Mauritius has arrested the captain of a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground off its coast, causing a devastating oil spill in one of the world's most pristine maritime environments, pol...
Aug 18, 2020
Merkel refuses to be drawn on successor question
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel refused to be drawn on whether Armin Laschet, premier of Germany's most populous state, should succeed her as chancellor, saying only that he was a candidate with many...
Aug 18, 2020
Stick to corona rules to make public life possible, says Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged Germans to stick to the coronavirus rules, such as wearing masks, to ensure public life can be as open as possible. "For us, the pri...
Aug 18, 2020
Poland’s health minister resigns
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski said on Tuesday he was resigning from his post. The announcement came a day after Deputy Health Minister Janusz Cieszynski announced he was...
Aug 18, 2020
