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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
Mossad head meets UAE national security adviser in Abu Dhabi: WAM
DUBAI (Reuters) - The head of Israel's foreign intelligence service Mossad, Yossi Cohen, met the national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates during a visit to the country, the UAE's state ne...
Aug 18, 2020
Polish ‘LGBT-free’ town gets state financing after EU funds cut
WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish town that lost European Union funding after it set up a zone free of "LGBT ideology" will receive government financial support, Poland's justice minister said on Tuesday. T...
Aug 18, 2020
Queues form at Italian COVID-19 test centres as holidaymakers return
ROME (Reuters) - Travellers returning to Italy from Greece, Spain, Malta and Croatia lined up on Tuesday at centres across Rome to be tested for coronavirus after the health ministry imposed mandatory...
Aug 18, 2020
Volunteers brave risks to give Belarus protesters medical aid, food
By Andrei Makhovsky and Polina Nikolskaya MINSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - When protests erupted after the disputed election in Belarus, Anna Koval transformed the office of the travel agency she runs in cent...
Aug 18, 2020
Canada’s Trudeau to name deputy PM Chrystia Freeland his new finance minister: CTV
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will tap Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, a former journalist, to be his new finance minister after Bill Morneau resigned on Monday, C...
Aug 18, 2020
Brazil approves human trials for potential Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's health regulator Anvisa on Tuesday said it had approved stage 3 clinical trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical subsidiar...
Aug 18, 2020
Oman moves foreign, finance ministers from Sultan’s remit in government revamp
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman on Tuesday designated ministers of foreign affairs and finance, titles formerly held by the ruling Sultan, in a broad restructuring of its government administration, state TV sa...
Aug 18, 2020
Australia signs deal with AstraZeneca for possible COVID-19 vaccine
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has signed a deal with drugmaker AstraZeneca to secure a potential COVID-19 vaccine, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday, joining a growing list of countri...
Aug 18, 2020
